Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for FABIEN-23
in British Indian Ocean Territory

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone FABIEN-23 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000971
Name FABIEN-23
From - To 14 May - 21 May
Exposed countries British Indian Ocean Territory
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 201 km/h Category 3
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability Low (British Indian Ocean Territory)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
WMO-RSMC La Réunion 74 km/h 0 m n.a. 0.5
GDACS JTWC 46 km/h 0 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
GFS 184 km/h 0.4 m 792 mm 0.5
ECMWF 130 km/h 0.4 m 513 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

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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 (40), (2), INFORM (2),