Overall Red Tropical Cyclone alert for BEJISA-14 in Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands from 31 Dec 2013 18:00 UTC to 02 Jan 2014 06:00 UTC

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Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for BEJISA-14

in Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone BEJISA-14 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 42161
Name	BEJISA-14
From - To	31 Dec - 05 Jan
Exposed countries	Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands
Exposed population	370 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	212 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge	0.2 m (02 Jan 15:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (Reunion)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	74 km/h	0.2 m	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
GFS	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
ECMWF	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

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