Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for MAX-23
in Mexico

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone MAX-23 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1001021
Name MAX-23
From - To 08 Oct - 10 Oct
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 93 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (09 Oct 16:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 37 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 205 km/h 0.9 m 826 mm 0.5
GFS 148 km/h 0.9 m 704 mm 0.5
ECMWF 126 km/h 0.9 m 542 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 434 | About casualties: 34 | Last hour: 0

Lidia Dissipates After Killing 1, Injuring 2 Near Mexico Resort, Atlan ... 2023-10-12T18:47+0200.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Lidia dissipated Wednesday after hitting land as a Category 4 hurricane near the resort of Puerta Vallarta, where one person was killed by a falling tree and two others injured. The hurricane knocked over trees and blew r
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Cronaca meteo, mondo: intensi cicloni sul Pacifico, mentre l'uragano L ... 2023-10-12T18:01+0200.

Il tifone Bolaven. Il Messico nelle ultime ore è stato interessato da eventi atmosferici particolarmente intensi , con il passaggio dapprima della tempesta tropicale Max , che lunedì ha coinvolto la costa meridionale pacifica del Messico, c
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Nick Gentry's 40 years of volunteer service for Newhaven RNLI2023-10-12T11:41+0200.

The 44ft Waveney class lifeboat, under Coxswain Len Patten and senior crew, had already been launched on service, tasked to a Mayday from a vessel taking part in the Royal Escape Race. As the incident unfolded Len requested launch of Newhav
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Hurricane Lidia Makes Landfall on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, Crashes Near ... 2023-10-12T11:21+0200.

, Hurricane Lidia hit Mexico's Pacific coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm. According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC), Lidia brought strong winds and heavy rain with maximum sustained winds of about 140 miles (220
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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 (40), (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),