Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for GILMA-12 Off-shore from 07 Aug 2012 15:00 UTC to 11 Aug 2012 21:00 UTC

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Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for GILMA-12

Off-shore

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone GILMA-12 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 31772
Name	GILMA-12
From - To	07 Aug - 11 Aug
Exposed countries	Off-shore
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	138 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability	-- ()

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	n.a	0 m	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
GFS	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
ECMWF	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

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Gilma back to tropical storm status 8/10/2012 6:52:00 AM.

MIAMI, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Gilma, dialed down from hurricane status, chugged slowly across the Pacific Ocean Thursday night far from land masses, U.S. forecasters said.

Gilma close to hurricane status in Pacific 8/9/2012 4:41:00 AM.

MIAMI, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Gilma whirled out in the Pacific Ocean Wednesday evening, hundreds of miles off the southern tip of Baja California, U.S. forecasters said.

Tropical Storm Gilma lurks out in Pacific 8/8/2012 7:42:00 AM.

MIAMI, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Gilma whirled out in the Pacific Ocean Tuesday night, hundreds of miles off the southern tip of Baja California, U.S. forecasters said.

SEN concerns over plastic pellets scattered at sea and on beaches 8/5/2012 4:37:00 PM.

Hong Kong (HKSAR) - The Secretary for the Environment, Mr Wong Kam-sing, today (August 5) expressed concerns over the scattering of plastic pellets at sea and on beaches during the typhoon last month. The government has conducted inter-depa

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