SevereTropical cycloneActive

Tropical cyclone MURASU

📍 India · since 1 Nov 2026

Source: GDACS ↗
Source updated: 1 Nov 2026, 20:26 UTC
Event start (source): 1 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC
Last checked: 1 Nov 2026, 21:30 UTC
Last change ingested: 1 Nov 2026, 21:00 UTC

At a glance

What happened: Tropical cyclone — Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 130 km/h). GDACS Red alert.
Where: India (13.60, 82.60 per source)
When: Began 1 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC
Who is affected: People in India. Population exposure is in the source report.
Has it escalated?: Only one observation of the source alert level so far.
Latest development: France 24, 1 Nov 2026: France: Route du Rhum fleet ready to depart

What the source confirmsFacts · from GDACS

Alert: GDACS Red alert — source record ↗
Severity (source's statement): Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 130 km/h)
Affected countries listed by the source: India
Start: 1 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC
Source description: “Tropical Cyclone MURASU-26”

Reported, not independently verifiedNews organisations

Headlines are the publishers' own. Where reports conflict, the source record above takes precedence.

News France 24 · 1 Nov 2026 (8 h ago)
France: Route du Rhum fleet ready to depart
The Route du Rhum, billed as the world’s biggest solo transatlantic race, is set to depart from Saint-Malo in Brittany. Skippers will sail alone to Guadeloupe, with professionals and amateur sailors competing in the race, held every four years. Selina Sykes reports.

TimelineNewest first · UTC · grey = older than 7 days

1 Nov 2026, 13:12 UTC
France 24 reported: France: Route du Rhum fleet ready to depart
1 Nov 2026, 07:30 UTC · RedAlertDirect
First recorded by RedAlertDirect.
1 Nov 2026, 07:23 UTC
GDACS alert level: red.
1 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC
Event began, according to GDACS.

AssessmentRule-based · not a measurement

Severe GDACS Red alert — the source expects a major humanitarian impact.

Factor	Rating	Basis	Why
Hazard severity GDACS (UN OCHA / European Commission): Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 130 km/h)	High	Source	GDACS (UN OCHA / European Commission): Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 130 km/h)
Geographic spread 1 country listed by the source: India.	Low	Rule on source data	1 country listed by the source: India.
Escalation Only one observation of the source alert level so far.	Not rated	Not assessed	Only one observation of the source alert level so far.
Civilian impact GDACS alert levels combine hazard severity with exposed population and vulnerability — a model estimate, not a count.	High	Source	GDACS alert levels combine hazard severity with exposed population and vulnerability — a model estimate, not a count.
Economic impact No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.	Not rated	Not assessed	No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.
Displacement No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.	Not rated	Not assessed	No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.
Infrastructure No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.	Not rated	Not assessed	No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.
International involvement No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.	Not rated	Not assessed	No structured, authoritative source for this factor; not rated.
Uncertainty Less than 48 hours old: early impact estimates are usually revised.	High	Rule on source data	Less than 48 hours old: early impact estimates are usually revised.

Ratings marked “Source” restate the source. “Rule on source data” applies a published rule (see methodology). Nothing here is produced by a language model.