Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for EIGHT-17
in Niue, Tonga

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone EIGHT-17 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000340
Name EIGHT-17
From - To 22 Feb - 22 Feb
Exposed countries Niue, Tonga
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 74 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge n.a.
Vulnerability High (Niue)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 65 km/h n.a. 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.
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 560 | About casualties: 31 | Last hour: 0

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Air show aims for March after hurricane dashed earlier plansSun, 26 Feb 2017 16:57:00 +0100.

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iciHaïti - CNSA : Sécurité alimentaire, 6 départements en criseSun, 26 Feb 2017 15:45:00 +0100.

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Carrier liable for cargo damaged or destroyed during transitSun, 26 Feb 2017 15:35:00 +0100.

Dear PAO, I am starting a small computer shop in Isabela province, so I went to Manila to purchase 15 computers. I obtained the services of one bus company for the delivery of the computers to Isabela. The bus was met by heavy rains and fla
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),