Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for FRANKLIN-23
in Bermuda, Turks and Caicos Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000996
Name FRANKLIN-23
From - To 20 Aug - 01 Sep
Exposed countries Bermuda, Turks and Caicos Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 241 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 0.3 m (23 Aug 22:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Haiti)

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GDACS NOAA 130 km/h 0.3 m n.a. 0.5
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),