Session III: Weather and climate extremes in the Americas
Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada (CICESE)
This study evaluates impacts from tropical cyclone (TC) landfalls on populated areas located along the Pacific Ocean coast of Mexico. The period of interest is from 1970 through 2014 and an international disaster database is used to identify the impact from landfalling tropical cyclones. We examined the top 25 TCs based on rainfall accumulation, as well as the top 10 TC-related disasters based on surveys with at least 100 people affected. Strong winds and heavy rainfall, are associated with property damage and loss of lives. Our results indicate that excessive rainfall accumulations and daily rates, over highly populated areas, are essential elements associated with the occurrence of disasters. A sample of case studies that occurred during the whole period are documented as they affected areas with different population densities in the southern and northwestern coasts. The documentation includes observations from hurricane Pauline in 1997 as well as forecast products from hurricanes Jimena in 2009, Manuel in 2013, and Odile in 2014.
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Suz Tolwinski-Ward
August 28, 2015 - 10:43am
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What kind of challenges and
Luis M Farfán
September 6, 2015 - 4:28pm
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The data sets we used have
Vasu Misra
September 2, 2015 - 2:26pm
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I am curious to know the
Luis M Farfán
September 7, 2015 - 9:34pm
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Thanks for your comment and
Christian Dominguez
September 11, 2015 - 12:26pm
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Interesting poster!
It's my understanding that the Mexican TC warning system has been working since the year of 2000. Unfortunately, TC Manuel and Ingrid showed that several actions are still missing. My question is: Has the state of Baja California considered to create a special LOCAL TC warning system? I mean, have additional efforts to face TCs been implemented in Baja California apart from the national procedures?
Luis M Farfan
September 11, 2015 - 5:34pm
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The regional goverment in the
considered a warning system beyond the information issued by the
Mexican Meteorological Service. However, we are in transition to
have a new state government and this may be an opportunity to
see changes during the next few tropical cyclone seasons.