Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for DELTA-20
in United States, Mexico, Cuba, Cayman Islands

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000726
Name DELTA-20
From - To 04 Oct - 10 Oct
Exposed countries United States, Mexico, Cuba, Cayman Islands
Exposed population 1.9 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 231 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 1.9 m (09 Oct 23:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mexico)

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 56 km/h 1.9 m n.a. 0.5
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"The Caribbean, Mexico, USA - Tropical Cyclone DELTA update"

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),