Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for DON-17 in Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada from 17 Jul 2017 21:00 UTC to 18 Jul 2017 21:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for DON-17

in Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone DON-17 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1000370
Name	DON-17
From - To	17 Jul - 18 Jul
Exposed countries	Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	93 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge	n.a.
Vulnerability	Medium (Trinidad & Tobago)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS NOAA	65 km/h	n.a.	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	95 km/h	0.4 m	n.a.	0.5
GFS	57 km/h	0.4 m	n.a.	0.5
ECMWF	60 km/h	0.3 m	n.a.	0.5

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Tropical Storm Don weakens after causing flash-flood 7/22/2017 5:38:00 AM.

By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor. ReporterAdmin ReporterAdmin Tropical Storm Don has weakened after it dumped heavy rains over the Windward Islands on Tuesday night. Heavy rains south of the storm caused flash floods and landslides in Trinid

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Grenada: CDEMA Situation Report Tropical Storm Don # 1 as of 12:00pm o.. 7/20/2017 11:40:00 PM.

Tropical Storm (TS) Don, the fourth named Storm for the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season formed near the Windward Islands on July 17, 2017. TS Don impacted Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and sections of Trinidad and Tobago during Tue

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Tropical Storm Don Fizzles After Passing Through Caribbean With Little.. 7/20/2017 5:08:00 AM.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Wednesday July 19, 2017 – Former Tropical Storm Don fizzled out in the far southeastern Caribbean Sea after crossing the Windward Islands late yesterday, and no damage has been reported. But forecasters say the remnant

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Storm Ready 2017: Season begins with four named storms, no hurricanes .. 7/20/2017 2:17:00 AM.

MOBILE, AL (WALA) - So far the 2017 hurricane season has presented us with no hurricanes. We know that will more than likely change before the season ends, but it has brought us four tropical storms -- Arlene, Bret, Cindy, and Don. And as w

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