Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for MATTHEW-16
in United States, Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone MATTHEW-16 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000316
Name MATTHEW-16
From - To 28 Sep - 09 Oct
Exposed countries United States, Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti
Exposed population 540 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 231 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 2.5 m (06 Oct 18:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (United States)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 120 km/h 2.5 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 953 | About casualties: 76 | Last hour: 0

Bermuda braces itself for 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane NicoleThu, 13 Oct 2016 20:47:00 +0200.

9 hrs ago Read more: Independent.ie Heavy wind and rain are battering Bermuda as the British territory braces itself for Hurricane Nicole, which has strengthened to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm as it tracks towards the island i
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UN Global Perspectivel: focus on UN Secretary-General, disaster reduct ... Thu, 13 Oct 2016 20:46:00 +0200.

"Human dignity" to be the "core of our common work" says Guterres. The former Portuguese Prime Minister António Guterres has been officially appointed Secretary-General-Designate of the United Nations and has promised to put "human dignity"
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Many Hurricane Matthew victims don't have flood insuranceThu, 13 Oct 2016 20:43:00 +0200.

In this Oct. 12, 2016 photo, Walter Coker surveys the damage in his furniture storage shed in Crescent Beach, Fla. Coker runs Genung's Fish Camp and Marina on the shore of the Matanzas River, and saw storm surge from Hurricane Matthew run "
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Analytical products

Daily Maps:

11/Oct/2016 04:48 UTC

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),