Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for FLORENCE-18 in United States from 31 Aug 2018 21:00 UTC to 16 Sep 2018 09:00 UTC

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Overall Green 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	2 m (14 Sep 06:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Low (United States)

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS NOAA	n.a	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

Analytical products

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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.

Daily Maps: USA - Tropical cyclone FLORENCE update

13/Sep/2018 05:44 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

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

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