Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for ISAAC-18
in Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Barbados

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone ISAAC-18 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000500
Name ISAAC-18
From - To 07 Sep - 15 Sep
Exposed countries Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Barbados
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 157 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge 0.3 m (13 Sep 15:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Montserrat)

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GDACS NOAA 56 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
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"Tropical Cyclone ISAAC. Warning n.24 - Population Estim.: https://goo.gl/HZcXmv report"

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Data, images, links, services and documents

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