Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for KIRK-24
in Portugal, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone KIRK-24 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1001107
Name KIRK-24
From - To 29 Sep - 07 Oct
Exposed countries Portugal, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 231 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (07 Oct 21:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Portugal)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 120 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 216 km/h 1.6 m 424 mm 0.5
GFS 194 km/h 1.7 m 809 mm 0.5
ECMWF 212 km/h 1.1 m 804 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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France - Severe weather (ECHO 15 Oct 2024)Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:44

  • Heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges, mainly due to the remnants of the post tropycal cyclone named KIRK, have been affecting western and northern France, in particular the Centre-Val de Loire region, the Pays de la Loire region and the greater Paris area over the last 36 hours, causing floods and a number of severe weather-related incidents that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • The Interdepartmental Crisis Management Operational Centre (COGIC) and media report, as of 10 October, twelve injured people across the Eure-et-Loir department (Centre-Val de Loire region) and the Loire-Atlantique department (Pays de la Loire region).
  • Over the next 24 hours, more rainfall over the western and northern regions is expected, including the already affected Centre-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire. But severe weather associated with the Kirk Depression gradually weakens and evacuates.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),