Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for RENE-20
in Cape Verde

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000711
Name RENE-20
From - To 07 Sep - 14 Sep
Exposed countries Cape Verde
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 83 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 0.3 m (08 Sep 00:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Cape Verde)

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 46 km/h 0.3 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 101 km/h 0.9 m 319 mm 0.5
GFS 140 km/h 1.1 m 444 mm 0.5
ECMWF 115 km/h 1.3 m 647 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Cabo Verde - Tropical Storm RENE (ECHO 08 Sep 2020)Tue, 08 Sep 2020 12:59

  • The new Tropical Storm named RENE formed on 7 August, passed over Boa Vista island of 7 September, and is moving west-north, west over sea, towards the western group of Cabo Verde islands. On 8 September, its centre was located over the sea approximately 60 km west of Boa Vista, and 90 km south-east of São Nicolau, with maximum sustained wind of 65 km/h.
  • RENE is forecast to pass along the southern coast of São Nicolau, São Antão, and São Vicente in the morning of 8 September, as a Tropical Storm. Afterwards, it is expected to strengthen as it moves north-west over the central-eastern Atlantic.
  • A Tropical Storm warning is in effect for Cabo Verde islands and heavy rain, strong wind are forecast over Cape Verde on 8 September.
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Latest media headlines

We just ran out of 2020 tropical storm names. Here's what happens next.. 9/18/2020 6:47:00 PM.

NASA and NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured this view of Tropical Storm Rene on Sept. 8. NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (Eosdis) It's been an Atlantic hurricane season for the record books, and we're not
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NASA sees Tropical Depression Rene dissipating 9/16/2020 2:50:00 PM.

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Rene on Sept. 15 at 12:30 p.m. EDT. Rene appeared elongated from wind shear (outside winds blowing at
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NASA’s Aqua satellite finds Rene barely a depression battered by wind .. 9/16/2020 2:39:00 PM.

Tropical Depression Rene continues to be the victim of strong wind shear and forecasters anticipate it will lead to the storm’s demise in the next couple of days. NASA’s Aqua satellite viewed the storm in infrared light to find wind shear w
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Tropical cyclone 9/16/2020 5:16:00 AM.

For the 2nd time on record, the has 5+ tropical cyclones tropical depression (TD) or stronger) simultaneously I would immediately turn into https.//t.co/JuoyWO37BI for special advisory shortly (look at tropical cyclone update). analysis
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Exposed population

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