Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for PALI-16
Off-shore

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone PALI-16 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000246
Name PALI-16
From - To 07 Jan - 15 Jan
Exposed countries Off-shore
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 157 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability --

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 46 km/h 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.
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.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Thanks to El Nino, Rare Tropical Storms Signal a Wacky Start to 2016 1/16/2016 10:09:00 PM.

For the first time since records began, two tropical storms-one in the Atlantic and one in the Pacific-have appeared at the same time in January. Named Alex and Pali, these storms are being fueled by unusually warm surface waters. On their
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Atlantic hurricane is a true January oddity 1/16/2016 5:20:00 AM.

The storm had maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour, after slowing from 75 miles per hour earlier in the day. The Azores has discontinued a hurricane warning and put a tropical storm warning in effect instead. Alex was the first hurr
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Former Hurricane Pali peters out near Equator 1/15/2016 10:06:00 PM.

NOAA's GOES-West satellite captured this image of the remnants of Tropical Depression Pali in the North Central Pacific on Jan. 15 at 1200 UTC (7 a.m. EST). Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project. Imagery from NOAA's GOES-West satellite has shown t
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There's a hurricane in January and it's freaking everyone out 1/15/2016 3:36:00 PM.

A rare January hurricane has formed in the Atlantic – and is closing in on the Azores. And authorities in the Portuguese islands are warning of waves up to 60ft high, wind gusts up to 100mph and torrential rain. So why exactly is this weath
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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), INFORM (1), (1),