Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for HARVEY-17
in United States

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone HARVEY-17 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000387
Name HARVEY-17
Glide number: TC-2017-000123-USA
From - To 17 Aug - 31 Aug
Exposed countries United States
Exposed population 500 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 213 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 0.5 m (23 Aug 12:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (United States)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 56 km/h 1.6 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 83 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 73 km/h 0.5 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF 71 km/h 0.4 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 2956 | About casualties: 354 | Last hour: 0

Archdiocese, La Food Marketa Among Local Businesses, Orgs Supporting H ... Mon, 04 Sep 2017 03:01:00 +0200.

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The list of Maryland organizations and just regular residents pitching in is growing by the day. It has been a weekend of giving, and a weekend of prayer across the Baltimore area. RELATED: Charm City Pitching In To Help H
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Houston braces for more flooding, chemical plant burns anewMon, 04 Sep 2017 03:01:00 +0200.

By MICHAEL GRACZYK and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press. HOUSTON (AP) - Authorities launched a controlled burn Sunday at a chemical plant damaged by Harvey, sending small flames and gray smoke into the sky, and said the highly unstable compou
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J.J. Watt, Texans teammates kick off relief efforts today for Harvey v ... Mon, 04 Sep 2017 03:00:00 +0200.

HOUSTON - Texans star J.J. Watt and his teammates kicked off a day of Hurricane Harvey relief efforts on Sunday for victims of the massive flooding that swept through the Houston area. Texans players and their families were set to gather at
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More than 1,000 firefighters battling largest fire in Los Angeles hist ... Mon, 04 Sep 2017 03:00:00 +0200.

(CNN) - California Gov. Jerry Brown issued a state of emergency for Los Angeles County on Sunday due to the ongoing La Tuna brush fire near Burbank. Since the fire started Friday, it has burned more than 5,895 acres, forced residents to eva
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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 (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),