Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for OPHELIA-23
in United States, Bahamas

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1001013
Name OPHELIA-23
From - To 21 Sep - 24 Sep
Exposed countries United States, Bahamas
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 111 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge n.a.
Vulnerability Low (The Bahamas)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 46 km/h n.a. n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 133 km/h 5 m 490 mm 0.5
GFS 101 km/h 5 m 344 mm 0.5
ECMWF 76 km/h 5 m 241 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2023. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 191 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Hurricane hunter stranded on Block Island as Ophelia kicks up high sur ... 2023-09-27T19:01+0200.

BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. – High surf and strong winds have led to many issues in New England over the past several days, including in Rhode Island , where officials were forced to cancel ferry service to Block Island , stranding visitors to the p
...(more)
TS Philippe likely to hit Caribbean, another storm to develop | Hurric ... 2023-09-27T18:41+0200.

Bret: June 19, 2023 Bret developed in the open tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean on June 19. A storm forming this far east is very unusual for this time of the year. Only Tropical Storm Ana in 1979, Tropical Storm Bonnie in 2016 and Tro
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TS Philippe likely to hit Caribbean, another storm to develop | Hurric ... 2023-09-27T18:38+0200.

Bret: June 19, 2023 Bret developed in the open tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean on June 19. A storm forming this far east is very unusual for this time of the year. Only Tropical Storm Ana in 1979, Tropical Storm Bonnie in 2016 and Tro
...(more)
Pair Of New Potential Tropical Systems Brewing In Atlantic: Here's Lat ... 2023-09-27T15:29+0200.

The first, off the coast of Florida, is far west of Tropical Storm Philippe, which is now near the eastern Caribbean. (See the first image above.) "Even if a named storm does not form, tropical moisture from the region could continue to fu
...(more)

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),