Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for CANDICE-24
in Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands, Mauritius

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone CANDICE-24 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1001044
Name CANDICE-24
From - To 24 Jan - 27 Jan
Exposed countries Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands, Mauritius
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 106 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (24 Jan 22:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mauritius)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
WMO-RSMC La Réunion 84 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
GDACS JTWC 56 km/h n.a. n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 122 km/h 1.3 m 359 mm 0.5
GFS 166 km/h 1.1 m 690 mm 0.5
ECMWF 137 km/h 1.1 m 751 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Mauritius, Reunion - Tropical storm CANDICE (ECHO 25 Jan 2024)Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:38

  • A new tropical storm named CANDICE formed over the southern Indian Ocean, north of Mauritius, on  24 January and started moving southward, slightly strenghtening. It passed very close to the coast of north-estern Mauritius in the afternoon of 24 January, as a tropical storm. On 25 January at 6.00 UTC its centre was located offshore very far of the coast of Mauritius, with maximum sustained winds of 74 km/h (tropical storm).
  • CANDICE is expected to continue southward over the Ocean as a tropical storm, on 25-28 January.
  • Over the next 24 hours, heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surge are forecast over Reunion and Mauritius. The Mauritius Meteorological Services has issued a Class 2 Warning for cyclone over the whole Island.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),