Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for MAX-17
in Mexico

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000401
Name MAX-17
From - To 13 Sep - 15 Sep
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population 240 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 148 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 0.3 m (15 Sep 01:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 46 km/h 0.3 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 100 km/h 0.3 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 63 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF 123 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
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

Articles: 691 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

Feed aggregatorTue, 19 Sep 2017 05:35:00 +0200.

Tropical Cyclone DOKSURI continued moving west over the South China Sea passing south of Hainan province (China), towards Vietnam. On 14 September at 18.00 UTC, it had max. sustained winds speed of 167 km/h and its centre was located approx
...(more)
Tropical Storm Watch for Long Island as Jose Nears CoastTue, 19 Sep 2017 05:06:00 +0200.

What to Know Jose, currently a Category 1 hurricane, is expected to weaken to a tropical storm as it passes southeast of Long Island Wednesday; The system is expected to stay well offshore, but wind and surge impacts will be felt outside th
...(more)
L'ouragan Maria aborde la MartiniqueMon, 18 Sep 2017 19:31:00 +0200.

L'ouragan Maria est proche de la Martinique. Selon le dernier bulletin de Météo-France, Maria suit un déplacement ouest-nord-ouest 285 degrés à 17 km/h - la pression au centre est de : 959 hPa Vent max sur 1 mn : 105 nœuds Rafales : 130 nœu
...(more)
Evacuation orders issued in Puerto Rico as Hurricane Maria nearsMon, 18 Sep 2017 16:04:00 +0200.

Evacuation orders have been issued for four areas of Puerto Rico as Hurricane Maria heads toward the island. Maria, now a Category 1 hurricane, is forecast to rapidly intensify to a Category 4 hurricane as it approaches Puerto Rico late Wed
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),