Tropical Cyclone KIRK-12 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the Maximum sustained wind speed and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on advisory number 21.

• Tropical Cyclone Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 167 km/h)
• from 29/08/2012 03:00 UTC to 02/09/2012 21:00 UTC
• Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0

Extreme Rain

Potential rainfall is calculated based on rainfall observed by several microwave satellite sensors.

The image shows the total rainfall accumulation associated with the cyclone.

Storm surge

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Known identifiers for this event: al1112 (jtwcId) AL112012 (noaaId)

Latest media headlines

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Leslie weakens; Kirk, Ileana petering out
Mon, 03 Sep 2012 02:30:00 +0200   upi (en)

MIAMI, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Leslie weakened through the day Sunday, easing back from its near-hurricane strength out in the Atlantic Ocean, U.S. forecasters said.

People and organisations: National Hurricane Center  Hurricane Center 

One Atlantic storm weaker, second stronger
Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:28:00 +0200   upi (en)

MIAMI, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Kirk was weakening over the Atlantic Ocean Sunday as Tropical Storm Leslie strengthened to near hurricane status, forecasters in Miami said.

People and organisations: National Hurricane Center  Hurricane Center 

Leslie, Kirk & Ileana still churning
Sun, 02 Sep 2012 01:25:00 +0200   upi (en)

MIAMI, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Tropical Storms Leslie, Kirk and Ileana were still active Saturday evening but only Leslie posed a future threat to land, U.S. forecasters said.

People and organisations: National Hurricane Center  Hurricane Center 

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EMM (1), JRC (33), TRMM (1), NOAA (4), (2), OCHA (1), JTWC (3), BOM (1), Unisys (1), NASA (1),

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