Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for ERIKA-15
in Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, United States, Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S., Guadeloupe, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone ERIKA-15 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000203
Name ERIKA-15
From - To 25 Aug - 29 Aug
Exposed countries Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, United States, Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S., Guadeloupe, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 139 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 1.2 m (02 Sep 08:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Cuba)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 56 km/h 1.2 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
GFS n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
ECMWF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (46), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),