Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for GRACE-21
in Mexico

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone GRACE-21 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000814
Name GRACE-21
Glide number: TC-2021-000122-MEX
From - To 13 Aug - 21 Aug
Exposed countries Mexico
Exposed population 7.7 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 194 km/h Category 3
Maximum storm surge 0.5 m (16 Aug 15:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

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"Mexico - Tropical Cyclone GRACE, update"

Latest media headlines

Tropical system could bring 'dangerous impacts' to Louisiana coast, hu.. 8/25/2021 8:32:00 PM.

Storm surge, wind and heavy rainfall are possible. Published Aug 25, 2021 at 1:14 pm | Updated Aug 25, 2021 at 1:28 pm; Published Aug 25, 2021 at 1:14 pm | Updated Aug 25, 2021 at 1:28 pm; A tropical system heading for the Gulf of Mex
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Hurricane Grace a bane to some Veracruz farmers, a boon to others 8/25/2021 6:32:00 PM.

08/25/2021. Source: Mexico Daily News. Hurricane Grace was both friend and foe to farmers in Veracruz, which bore the brunt of the storm’s wrath when it carved a destructive westward path across Mexico on Saturday. In the municipality of Pa
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Meteo Cronaca DIRETTA: MESSICO, l'URAGANO GRACE di categoria 3 porta D.. 8/25/2021 5:04:00 PM.

Meteo Cronaca DIRETTA: MESSICO, l'URAGANO GRACE di categoria 3 porta DISTRUZIONE a VERACRUZ. Il VIDEO. Danni in Messico a causa del passaggio dell'uragano Grace; secondo fonti locali vi sarebbero anche 8 vittime. Il video qui sopra.
Tropical depression likely in Gulf of Mexico this weekend, hurricane f.. 8/25/2021 4:01:00 PM.

A tropical system heading for the Gulf of Mexico has an 80% chance of developing into at least a tropical depression, said Wednesday. It's too early to tell if it could be a threat to Louisiana, but some of the long-range forecasting models
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Analytical products

Mw 7.2 Earthquake and Tsunami in Haiti and Tropical Cyclone Grace - Situation Update #1

30/Aug/2021 09:53 UTC

The current report is a Situation Update, documenting the changes to the crisis situation that have been recorded since the previous Flash Report. In particular the report describs the situation just after the passage of GRACE Tropical Cyclone and his possible impact on the recovery actions

M7.2 Haiti EQ JRC Situation Report

15/Aug/2021 19:16 UTC

On August 14th 2021, 12:29 UTC (08:29 local time), a M 7.2 earthquake occurred in the Hispaniola island with an epicentre approximately 125 kilometres west of Port-au-Prince, 2 13 km south east of Petit Trou de Nippes (Nippes Department). Several aftershocks are occurring, worsening the situation. The population of the three most affected departments (Nippes, Grand'Anse and Sud) represents around 16% of the country's total population, estimated at 11.4 million.

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),