Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for KARINA-14
Off-shore

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 47256
Name KARINA-14
From - To 18 Aug - 27 Aug
Exposed countries Off-shore
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 130 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge n.a.
Vulnerability -- ()

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 47 km/h n.a. 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

Articles: 30 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

NASA sees massive Marie close enough to affect southern California coa ... Wed, 27 Aug 2014 19:42:00 +0200.

Two NASA satellites captured visible and infrared pictures that show the massive size of Hurricane Marie. Marie is so large that it is bringing rough surf to the southern coast of California while almost nine hundred miles west of Baja Cali
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Karina's remnants drawn into Hurricane Marie's spinWed, 27 Aug 2014 17:11:00 +0200.

Karina finally became a remnant low pressure area after roaming around in the Eastern Pacific for two weeks. Satellite data on August 27 showed that the now shapeless former hurricane was being drawn into nearby Hurricane Marie's circulatio
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Satellite shows Hurricane Marie about to swallow KarinaTue, 26 Aug 2014 21:01:00 +0200.

Massive Hurricane Marie appears like a giant fish about to swallow tiny Tropical Depression Karina on satellite imagery today from NOAA's GOES-West satellite. Karina, now a tropical depression is being swept into Marie's circulation where i
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Hawaii volcano lava flow could threaten homesMon, 25 Aug 2014 21:20:00 +0200.

Scientists are monitoring lava flowing from a Hawaii volcano eruption that could threaten homes.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

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