Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for ZETA-20
in United States, Mexico, Cuba

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone ZETA-20 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000735
Name ZETA-20
From - To 24 Oct - 29 Oct
Exposed countries United States, Mexico, Cuba
Exposed population 3.2 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 176 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge 2.1 m (29 Oct 02:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

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GDACS NOAA 93 km/h 1.5 m n.a. 0.5
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Latest media headlines

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Hurricane Eta Heads Toward Central America - The New York Times 11/2/2020 8:48:00 PM.

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1 p.m. Update: Power restored to 99% of Georgia Power customers impact.. 11/2/2020 8:37:00 PM.

ATLANTA Nov. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power has restored power to 99% of customers, more than 806,000, impacted by Hurricane Zeta. More than 4,000 Georgia Power personnel, with assistance from out-of-state utilities, were mobilized a
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1 p.m. Update: Power restored to 99% of Georgia Power customers impact.. 11/2/2020 8:31:00 PM.

Georgia Power has restored power to 99% of customers, more than 806,000, impacted by Hurricane Zeta. More than 4,000 Georgia Power personnel, with assistance from out-of-state utilities, were mobilized as part of the company's restoration e
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Fast-growing hurricane threatens flooding in Central America 11/2/2020 8:31:00 PM.

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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),