Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for IRMA-17
in United States, Bahamas, Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S., British, Anguilla, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Montserrat,

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone IRMA-17 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000393
Name IRMA-17
From - To 30 Aug - 12 Sep
Exposed countries United States, Bahamas, Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S., British, Anguilla, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Montserrat,
Exposed population 16.4 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 296 km/h Category 5
Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (06 Sep 08:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Anguilla)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 56 km/h 3.1 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 298 km/h 2.3 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 229 km/h 2 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF 180 km/h 1.7 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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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 (38), (2), INFORM (2),