Monday, June 18, 2012

Tropical cyclone CARLOTTA-12 Coyote, Oaxaca, Mexico, Village, no people. La Redonda, Oaxaca, Mexico, Village, no people. Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, Mexico, Village, no people. Acahuizotla ... www.gdacs.org/Cyclones/report.aspx?episodeid=5...TC

Tropical cyclone CARLOTTA-12
Coyote, OaxacaMexico, Village, no people. La Redonda, OaxacaMexico, Village, no people.Puerto ÁngelOaxacaMexico, Village, no people. Acahuizotla ...
www.gdacs.org/Cyclones/report.aspx?episodeid=5...TC



Orange Tropical Cyclone alert in Mexico for CARLOTTA-12 from 14/06/2012 09:00 UTC to 17/06/2012 03:00 UTC
Automatic impact report for tropical cyclone CARLOTTA-12
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Orange alert for wind impact in Mexico

This tropical cyclone is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the storm strength and the affected population in the past and forecasted path.

Current storm status

This report is for advisory number 13 of tropical cyclone CARLOTTA-12 issued at 6/17/2012 3:00:00 AM (GDACS Event ID 30787, Latest episode ID: 13).
Current impact estimate:
  • Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 1.2million
  • Tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 167 km/h)
  • Vulnerability of affected countries: Medium
  • The tropical cyclone did not reach sufficient strength to cause significant storm surge. No calculations were performed.

Impact of Extreme Wind

Cloud map
Cloud map. The map shows the areas affected by tropical storm strength winds (green), 58mph winds (orange) and cyclone wind strengths (red). (Source: JRC)

Affected population

Up to 1.2 million people people can be affected by wind speeds of cyclone strength or above. In addition, 2400 people people are living in coastal areas below 5m and can therefore be affected by storm surge.

Affected country

CountryRegion/ProvincePopulation
MexicoOaxaca3.3 million people
MexicoGuerrero2.8 million people

Affected provinces

CountryRegion/ProvincePopulation
MexicoOaxaca3.3 million people
MexicoGuerrero2.8 million people

Affected cities

NameRegion/ProvinceCountryCity classPopulation
ChilpancingoGuerreroMexicoMajor city160000 people
TixtlaGuerreroMexicoCity20000 people
ManzintlaGuerreroMexicoCityno people
AyutlaGuerreroMexicoCity9800 people
JamiltepecOaxacaMexicoCity9700 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

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