Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for ODILE-14
in Mexico

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone ODILE-14 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 47803
Name ODILE-14
From - To 10 Sep - 17 Sep
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population 430 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 241 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 0.8 m (15 Sep 21:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 64 km/h 0.8 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.
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

A la Une: sommet pour le climat au siège de l'ONU 9/23/2014 10:38:00 AM.

RFI - Les dirigeants du monde entier se retrouvent à New York au siège des Nations unies pour un sommet sur le climat ce mardi, avant l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU mercredi. Il s’agit d’avancer sur un accord international pour le sommet cli
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After the hurricane 9/23/2014 9:35:00 AM.

A damaged aircraft is pictured at Cabo San Lucas airport after Hurricane Odile hit Baja California in Mexico late on Sunday. Thousands of troops were restoring order yesterday following widespread chaos caused by the hurricane.
Mexico: REDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies - Latin America & the Caribb.. 9/23/2014 8:19:00 AM.

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay Highlights HURRICANE SEASON: Damage assessments from Hurricane Odile are ongoing. It is expected to have caused
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Severe Weather Forecast: Flash Flood Threats In Southwest, Southeast 9/23/2014 5:28:00 AM.

Flash flooding continues to threaten parts of the Southwest as moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Odile continues to unleash heavy rain in parts of New Mexico and West Texas. Other pockets of flash flooding are possible in the Great Ba
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (46), (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),