Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for KUJIRA-20
Off-shore

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000723
Name KUJIRA-20
From - To 26 Sep - 29 Sep
Exposed countries Off-shore
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 120 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability --

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 102 km/h 0 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 122 km/h 0.9 m 399 mm 0.5
GFS 140 km/h 0.8 m 329 mm 0.5
ECMWF 119 km/h 1 m 883 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), INFORM (1), (1),