Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for FLORENCE-18
in United States

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone FLORENCE-18 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000495
Name FLORENCE-18
From - To 31 Aug - 16 Sep
Exposed countries United States
Exposed population 1.5 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 241 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 1.9 m (14 Sep 10:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (United States)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 74 km/h 2 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 238 km/h 2 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 187 km/h 1.3 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF 153 km/h 1.4 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Ocracoke residents board the ferry, anxious to see damage island 9/20/2018 8:51:00 AM.

A line of cars packed into Swan Quarter Ferry on Tuesday as locals and business owners planned to see their property for the first time since Hurricane Florence. (Photo credit: WLOS staff) OCRACOKE ISLAND, N.C. (WLOS) — A line of cars pa
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Floods prevent inspectors from studying environmental harm 9/20/2018 8:49:00 AM.

Aerial photographs show widespread devastation to farms and industrial sites in eastern North Carolina, with tell-tale trails of rainbow-colored sheen indicating potential contamination visible on top of the black floodwaters. However, cond
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Hurricane floods mix 3.2M gallons of wastewater with creek 9/20/2018 8:48:00 AM.

An official at a water utility company in North Carolina says Hurricane Florence's floodwaters caused 3.2 million gallons of partially-treated wastewater to mix with a creek. The Daily News of Jacksonville reports the Onslow Sewer and Water
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1 death during Florence: A hunter keeping watch on his dogs 9/20/2018 8:47:00 AM.

In this Sept. 18, 2018, photo, Marian Sutton checks on her deceased husband’s dogs in their backyard kennel near Kinston, N.C. Bennie Lee Sutton’s death was attributed to Hurricane Florence because he was outside with the dogs as the storm’
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Analytical products

TC FLORENCE and ISAAC - JRC Emergency report

14/Sep/2018 13:52 UTC

As of 13 September 09:00 UTC, four Tropical Cyclone systems are active in the Atlantic Ocean (FLORENCE, ISAAC, HELEN, JOYCE) and another one could developed over the next few days over the Gulf of Mexico . In this report, an analysis of the possible impact of FLORENCE and ISAAC is presented. Under the request of the Emergency Response and Coordination Centre (ECHO/ERCC), the JRC assessed the ongoing situation.

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EMSR (2), EC-JRC (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),