Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for BOLAVEN-23
in Northern Mariana Islands, Guam

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone BOLAVEN-23 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1001020
Name BOLAVEN-23
From - To 07 Oct - 14 Oct
Exposed countries Northern Mariana Islands, Guam
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 287 km/h Category 5
Maximum storm surge 0.3 m (10 Oct 06:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Guam)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 148 km/h 0.3 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 277 km/h n.a. 381 mm 0.5
GFS 223 km/h n.a. 701 mm 2.5
ECMWF 130 km/h 3.3 m 713 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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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), INFORM (2),