ADAM: Hurricane Category 1 Event Tracking for the Caribbean, October 2025

WFP’s Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system data for a Category 1 storm event from October 21 to 31, 2025. The dataset covers Jamaica, Cuba, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Haiti, and Canada, with the storm center located near latitude 39.0, longitude -60.5. It was last updated on May 21, 2026, by the WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping organization.

Use Cases

• Map the potential impact area of a hurricane based on its reported center coordinates and category.
• Analyze storm track and intensity for historical comparison based on the event period and location data.
• Model socio-economic vulnerability for disaster preparedness using the geospatial and socio-economic information mentioned in the system description.

Strengths

• Data originates from the WFP's operational ADAM system, designed for humanitarian emergency analysis.
• Provides specific geographic coordinates (lat 39.0, lon -60.5) and a defined event period (Oct 21-31, 2025).
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-SA-4.0 license for reuse and redistribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping

Collection Method

Collected, analyzed, and mapped by the Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system following a sudden onset humanitarian emergency.

Time Range

Oct 21 2025 - Oct 31 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 22:10:30.432096; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, Bermuda, Haiti, Canada