Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for KARIM-22
in Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone KARIM-22 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000884
Name KARIM-22
From - To 07 May - 11 May
Exposed countries Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 111 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 0.4 m (07 May 12:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Cocos Is.)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 83 km/h 0.4 m n.a. 0.5
WMO-RSMC La Réunion 10 min 93 km/h 0.3 m n.a. 0.5
WMO-RSMC La Réunion 1 min 106 km/h 0.3 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 119 km/h 0.6 m 532 mm 0.5
GFS 108 km/h 0.4 m 404 mm 0.5
ECMWF 90 km/h 0.5 m 450 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

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Twin Cyclones in the Indian Ocean2022-05-13T06:58+0200.

On May 8, 2022, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on NOAA-20 captured this natural-color image of the storms at 12:55 p.m. local time (07:55 Universal Time). The twin cyclones were spinning at roughly the same distance f
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Meteo cronaca diretta: India, due cicloni tropicali provocano molti da ... 2022-05-11T20:41+0200.

Due cicloni tropicali si sono formati contemporaneamente nell'Oceano Indiano: il ciclone Asani nell'Oceano Indiano settentrionale e il ciclone Karim nell'Oceano Indiano meridionale. Questi due sistemi perturbati, tra il 9 e l'11 Maggio hann
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Tropical cyclone2022-05-11T17:23+0200.

By Chaffin ” is set in rural Oklahoma and focuses on a TV meteorologist who gets roped into chasing storms ... ( stands for has witnessed more than 700 tornadoes, more than 40 hurricanes and tropical cyclones and an array of other types of
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After Asani, Cyclone Karim brewing in southern Indian Ocean2022-05-11T17:01+0200.

Even as severe cyclonic storm Asani is projected to weaken into a depression by tomorrow (May 12, 2022), another back-to-back weather system called Cyclone Karim is brewing in the southern part of the Indian Ocean, said The Weather Channel.
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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), INFORM (2),