Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for ALEX-22
in Bermuda, Bahamas, United States, Cuba, Mexico

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone ALEX-22 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000887
Name ALEX-22
From - To 02 Jun - 06 Jun
Exposed countries Bermuda, Bahamas, United States, Cuba, Mexico
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 111 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 1.4 m (05 Jun 08:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 93 km/h 1.4 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 112 km/h 1.2 m 358 mm 0.5
GFS 130 km/h 1.4 m 372 mm 0.5
ECMWF 112 km/h 1.4 m 508 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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USA, Bermuda - Tropical Storm ALEX (ECHO 06 Jun 2022)Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:50

  • Tropical Storm ALEX, formed over the southern Gulf of Mexico on 2 June as tropical depression, passed close to western Cuba and made landfall over the south-western coast of Florida on 3-4 June. On 6 June at 6.00 UTC, its centre was about 310 km west-northwest of Bermuda, with maximum sustained winds of 110 km/h.
  • On the forecast track, ALEX is expected to move north-west passing north well off of Bermuda on 6 June in late morning.
  • Heavy rain strong winds and storm surge are forecast over Bermuda where a tropical storm warning is in effect for Bermuda.
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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),