ภัยพิบัติ: GDACS daily newsletter for 17/09/2014

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System — Newsletter 17/09/2014

This daily newsletter provides an overview of the natural disasters that happened in the last 24 hours and response measures for ongoing disasters. GDACS currently covers earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones, volcanic eruptions and floods. The color coding (red, orange, green) is related to the estimated humanitarian impact of the event.

Disaster events in the last 24 hours

GDACS detected the following potential disasters. For up-to-date media coverage, latest maps and ReliefWeb content related to these disasters, please go to GDACS homepage.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone EDOUARD-14. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 12/09/2014 to 17/09/2014, a Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 185 km/h) EDOUARD-14 was active in Atlantic. The cyclone affects these countries: [unknown] (vulnerability [unknown]). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.

	Green alert for tropical cyclone POLO-14. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.
	From 16/09/2014 to 17/09/2014, a Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 148 km/h) POLO-14 was active in EastPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: [unknown] (vulnerability [unknown]). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.

	Red alert for tropical cyclone ODILE-14. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.4 million.
	From 10/09/2014 to 17/09/2014, a Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 212 km/h) ODILE-14 was active in EastPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: Mexico (vulnerability Medium). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.4 million.

	Red alert for tropical cyclone KALMAEGI-14. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 7.2 million.
	From 12/09/2014 to 16/09/2014, a Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 130 km/h) KALMAEGI-14 was active in NWPacific. The cyclone affects these countries: Philippines, China, Viet Nam (vulnerability High). Estimated population affected by category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 7.2 million.

Discussions in Virtual OSOCC

The GDACS Virtual OSOCC is a forum for emergency managers. If you are involved in an ongoing emergency as a local emergency management authority or as an international responder, please provide your information in the GDACS Virtual OSOCC. The following emergencies are currently open.

Open emergencies

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Created on 17 Sep 2014 08:00 +02:00.

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