Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for TWELVE-24 in Vanuatu from 08 Feb 2024 00:00 UTC to 09 Feb 2024 12:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for TWELVE-24

in Vanuatu

09 Feb 2024 12 UTC

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Impact Single TC

Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

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

Meteorological source	GDACS
Exposed countries	Vanuatu
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	74 km/h
Maximum storm surge	0.2 m (10 Feb 03:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (Vanuatu)
Landfall	between 09 Feb 2024 12:00 - 10 Feb 2024 00:00 in Vanuatu

GDACS Score

GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
For more info on GDACS alert score click here.

	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
Current	74 km/h	0.2 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	74 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

74 km/h Current Max.

Up to 260000 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	08 Feb 2024 00:00	93	140 thousand	No people	Vanuatu
2	08 Feb 2024 06:00	93	170 thousand	No people	Vanuatu
3	08 Feb 2024 12:00	83	150 thousand	No people	Vanuatu
4	08 Feb 2024 18:00	83	150 thousand	No people	Vanuatu
5	09 Feb 2024 00:00	74	270 thousand	No people	Vanuatu
6	09 Feb 2024 06:00	74	290 thousand	No people	Vanuatu
7	09 Feb 2024 12:00	74	260 thousand	No people	Vanuatu

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	08 Feb 2024 00:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	-15.9, 162.5
2	08 Feb 2024 06:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	-15.8, 163.5
3	08 Feb 2024 12:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	-16, 164.2
4	08 Feb 2024 18:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	6700 people	-15.6, 163.8
5	09 Feb 2024 00:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	110000 people	-16.3, 165.1
6	09 Feb 2024 06:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	240000 people	-16.9, 165.4
7	09 Feb 2024 12:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	200000 people	-17.1, 166.3
7	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	180000 people	-17.6, 168	Vanuatu
7	10 Feb 2024 12:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	58000 people	-18.2, 170.2
7	11 Feb 2024 00:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	-18.6, 172.2
7	11 Feb 2024 12:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	-18.9, 173.8
7	12 Feb 2024 12:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	-19.3, 175

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	Population in Tropical Storm or higher strength
Vanuatu	190000 people

Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population in Tropical Storm or higher strength
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	190000 people

Populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population
Port-Vila		Vanuatu	Capital	36000 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)
South West Bay	SWJ	unknown				0
Big Bay	GBA	unknown				0
Craig Cove	CCV	unknown				0
Santo Pekoa International	SON	56	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500
Valesdir	VLS	unknown				0
Lamen Bay	LNB	unknown				0
Sangafa		2	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200
Emae	EAE	unknown				0
Epi	EPI	unknown				0
Port Vila Bauerfield	VLI	20	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8500
Ulei	ULB	unknown				0
Quine Hill	UIQ	unknown				0
Lamap	LPM	unknown				0
Olpoi Nw Santo	OLJ	unknown				0
Dillons Bay	DLY	unknown				0
Ipota	IPA	unknown				0
White Grass		6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5000
Tanna Island Tanna	TAH	unknown				0
Aniwa	AWD	unknown				0
Futuna Island	FTA	unknown				0

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Port Sandwich	VUPSA	Vanuatu
Santo	VUSAN	Vanuatu
Palikoulo Bay		Vanuatu
Turtle Bay		Vanuatu
Ambryn Island		Vanuatu
Port Vila	VUVLI	Vanuatu
Hog Harbor		Vanuatu
Forari Bay		Vanuatu
Tana Island		Vanuatu

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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 Epuen, Vanuatu. This height is estimated for 10 Feb 2024 03:00 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 (38 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 7 of 09 Feb 2024 12:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	10 Feb 2024 03:00	Epuen	Vanuatu	0.2
	10 Feb 2024 01:00	Natapao	Vanuatu	0.2
	10 Feb 2024 03:00	Forari	Vanuatu	0.2
	11 Feb 2024 09:00	Tavua	Fiji	0.2
	10 Feb 2024 01:00	Matao Tiupeniu	Vanuatu	0.2
	10 Feb 2024 02:00	Epantgouei	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 02:00	Erakor	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 01:00	Port-Havannah	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 01:00	Mele	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 01:00	Emua	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 02:00	Port-Vila	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 02:00	Nanguile	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 02:00	Montmartre	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 02:00	Eratap	Vanuatu	0.1
	11 Feb 2024 07:00	Nalauwaki	Fiji	0.1
	11 Feb 2024 07:00	Soso	Fiji	0.1
	11 Feb 2024 07:00	Somosomo	Fiji	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 01:00	Sounai	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 02:00	Nekapa	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 03:00	Ebao	Vanuatu	0.1
	11 Feb 2024 06:00	Lautoka	Fiji	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 01:00	Utanlangi	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 01:00	Malakof	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 06:00	Nouville	New Caledonia	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 06:00	Noumea	New Caledonia	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 06:00	Comm. du Mont-Dore	New Caledonia	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 06:00	Saint-Louis	New Caledonia	0.1
	11 Feb 2024 05:00	Solevu	Fiji	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 03:00	Prony	New Caledonia	0.1
	11 Feb 2024 05:00	Momi	Fiji	0.1
	11 Feb 2024 10:00	Rabulu	Fiji	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Boloa	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Mangita	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 02:00	Laonomoa	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 02:00	Onesoua	Vanuatu	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 02:00	Marow	Vanuatu	0.1
	11 Feb 2024 05:00	Namaka	Fiji	0.1
	10 Feb 2024 06:00	Potnarvin	Vanuatu	0.1

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