Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for FAKIR-18 in Mauritius, Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands from 23 Apr 2018 12:00 UTC to 25 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for FAKIR-18

in Mauritius, Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands

25 Apr 2018 00 UTC

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Impact Single TC

Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

Tropical Cyclone FAKIR-18 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source	GDACS
Exposed countries	Mauritius, Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	120 km/h
Maximum storm surge	0.2 m (24 Apr 05:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (Mauritius)

GDACS Score

GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
Current	65 km/h	0.2 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	120 km/h	0.2 m	n.a.	0.5
Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

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Wind

65 km/h Current Max.

Up to 2.1 million people in Tropical Storm strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

N°	Date (UTC)	Max Winds (km/h)	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Population in Cat 1. or higher	Countries
1	23 Apr 2018 12:00	102	2.1 million	No people	Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands, Mauritius
2	23 Apr 2018 18:00	102	2.1 million	No people	Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands, Mauritius
3	24 Apr 2018 00:00	111	2.1 million	No people	Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands, Mauritius
4	24 Apr 2018 06:00	120	2.1 million	No people	Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands, Mauritius
5	24 Apr 2018 12:00	111	2.1 million	No people	Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands, Mauritius
6	24 Apr 2018 18:00	93	2.1 million	No people	Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands, Mauritius
7	25 Apr 2018 00:00	65	2.1 million	No people	Mauritius, Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands

Bulletin Timeline

N°	Date (UTC)	Category (SSHS)	Max winds (km/h)	Population in Cat.1 or higher	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Location (lat, lon)	Countries
1	23 Apr 2018 12:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	-15.8, 52.9
2	23 Apr 2018 18:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	2.1 million people	-17.5, 54.1	Mauritius
3	24 Apr 2018 00:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	2.1 million people	-19.5, 55.1	Mauritius
4	24 Apr 2018 06:00	Category 1	120	no people	2.1 million people	-21.3, 56.2	Mauritius
5	24 Apr 2018 12:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	160000 people	-22.8, 57.2	Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands
6	24 Apr 2018 18:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	no people	-23.8, 58.1
7	25 Apr 2018 00:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	-24.6, 59.1
7	25 Apr 2018 12:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	-25.4, 60.2

Actual track of the current bulletin

The alert for forecast greater than 3 days is limited to Orange level.

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Exposed population - AoIs

Exposed population in the potential affected countries, provinces and populated places

Countries

Country
Mauritius
Reunion

Provinces

Region Province	Country
Mauritius	Mauritius
Reunion	Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands

Populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population
Port Louis		Mauritius	Capital	150000 people
Saint-Denis		Reunion	Capital	140000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)
Plaisance International	MRU	57	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9900
St Pierre Pierrefonds	ZSE	16				0
Saint Denis Gillot	RUN	20				0

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Mahebourg		Mauritius
Saint Pierre		Reunion
Port Louis	MUPLU	Mauritius
Saint Denis		Reunion
Pointe Des Galets	REPDG	Reunion

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Rainfall

Rainfall accumulation of the past 24h, as detected by the Global Precipitation Measurement mission of NASA. For more information, see https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/main/index.html.

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StormSurge

0.2 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 0.2m in Cascades, Reunion. This height is estimated for 24 Apr 2018 05:00 UTC .

The JRC has developed an experimental global storm surge model. The calculations are published about 20 minutes after a new advisory is detected by GDACS. The calculations identify the populated places affected by storm surge up to three days in advance, using the forecasted track. When forecasts change, the associated storm surge changes too and alert levels may go up or down. All links, data, statistics and maps refer to the latest available calculation. If the calculation for the last advisory is not completed, the latest available calculation is shown.

Locations affected by Storm surge (24 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 7 of 25 Apr 2018 00:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	24 Apr 2018 05:00	Cascades	Reunion	0.2
	24 Apr 2018 05:00	Sainte-Rose	Reunion	0.2
	24 Apr 2018 05:00	Saint-Benoit	Reunion	0.2
	24 Apr 2018 05:00	Bras-Panon	Reunion	0.2
	24 Apr 2018 04:00	Saint-Denis	Reunion	0.1
	24 Apr 2018 04:00	Saint-Marie	Reunion	0.1
	23 Apr 2018 15:00	Mahalevona	Madagascar	0.1
	24 Apr 2018 06:00	Saint-Philippe	Reunion	0.1
	23 Apr 2018 15:00	Maroantsetra	Madagascar	0.1
	23 Apr 2018 15:00	Andranofotsy	Madagascar	0.1
	23 Apr 2018 15:00	Anantoraka	Madagascar	0.1
	24 Apr 2018 04:00	Sainte-Suzanne	Reunion	0.1
	24 Apr 2018 06:00	Petite Ile	Reunion	0.1
	23 Apr 2018 15:00	Voloina	Madagascar	0.1
	23 Apr 2018 15:00	Manambia	Madagascar	0.1
	23 Apr 2018 15:00	Rantabe	Madagascar	0.1
	23 Apr 2018 15:00	Maintimbato	Madagascar	0.1
	23 Apr 2018 15:00	Ambanizana	Madagascar	0.1
	23 Apr 2018 15:00	Tampolo	Madagascar	0.1
	23 Apr 2018 15:00	Benjana	Madagascar	0.1
	24 Apr 2018 05:00	Saint-Andre	Reunion	0.1
	24 Apr 2018 06:00	Saint-Joseph	Reunion	0.1
	24 Apr 2018 04:00	Le Port	Reunion	0.1
	24 Apr 2018 04:00	La Possession	Reunion	0.1

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