Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for MAL-23 in Fiji from 13 Nov 2023 00:00 UTC to 16 Nov 2023 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for MAL-23

in Fiji

16 Nov 2023 00 UTC

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Meteorological source:

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Impact Single TC

Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

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

Meteorological source	GDACS
Exposed countries	Fiji
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	139 km/h
Maximum storm surge	0.3 m (14 Nov 17:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (Fiji)

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	93 km/h	0.3 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	139 km/h	0.3 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

93 km/h Current Max.

Up to 770000 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	13 Nov 2023 00:00	102	790 thousand	No people	Fiji
2	13 Nov 2023 06:00	120	770 thousand	No people	Fiji
3	13 Nov 2023 12:00	139	770 thousand	No people	Fiji
4	13 Nov 2023 18:00	139	780 thousand	20 thousand	Fiji
5	14 Nov 2023 00:00	130	780 thousand	1 thousand	Fiji
6	14 Nov 2023 06:00	120	770 thousand	No people	Fiji
7	14 Nov 2023 12:00	120	670 thousand	No people	Fiji
8	14 Nov 2023 18:00	120	760 thousand	No people	Fiji
9	15 Nov 2023 00:00	139	770 thousand	No people	Fiji
10	15 Nov 2023 06:00	130	770 thousand	No people	Fiji
11	15 Nov 2023 12:00	120	770 thousand	No people	Fiji
12	15 Nov 2023 18:00	102	770 thousand	No people	Fiji
13	16 Nov 2023 00:00	93	770 thousand	No people	Fiji

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)
1	13 Nov 2023 00:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	-10, 170.8
2	13 Nov 2023 06:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	<1000 people	-11.1, 171.8
3	13 Nov 2023 12:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	-12.5, 173.2
4	13 Nov 2023 18:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	9400 people	-13.5, 174
5	14 Nov 2023 00:00	Category 1	120	no people	670000 people	-14.7, 174.7
6	14 Nov 2023 06:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	760000 people	-16.1, 175.1
7	14 Nov 2023 12:00	Category 1	120	no people	670000 people	-17.2, 175.6
8	14 Nov 2023 18:00	Category 1	120	no people	760000 people	-18.7, 176.6
9	15 Nov 2023 00:00	Category 1	139	no people	420000 people	-20.3, 178
10	15 Nov 2023 06:00	Category 1	130	no people	no people	-21.6, 178.4
11	15 Nov 2023 12:00	Category 1	120	no people	<1000 people	-22.6, 178.7
12	15 Nov 2023 18:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	-23.8, 179.3
13	16 Nov 2023 00:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	no people	-24.9, -179.8
13	16 Nov 2023 12:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	no people	-27.1, -177.7

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
Fiji	720000 people

Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population in Tropical Storm or higher strength
Fiji	Fiji	720000 people

Populated places

Name	Country	City class	Population
Nasau	Fiji	City	-
Soso	Fiji	City	-
Suva	Fiji	Capital	200000 people
Navua	Fiji	City	5900 people
Nausori	Fiji	City	32000 people
Sigatoka	Fiji	City	12000 people
Korovou	Fiji	City	<1000 people
Levuka	Fiji	City	4700 people
Momi	Fiji	City	-
Nadi	Fiji	Major city	54000 people
Vatukoula	Fiji	City	10000 people
Lautoka	Fiji	City	49000 people
Ba	Fiji	City	20000 people
Tavua	Fiji	City	2600 people
Somosomo	Fiji	City	-

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)
Kandavu	KDV	unknown				0
Vatulele	VTF	unknown				0
Ngau	NGI	unknown				0
Pacific Harbour Dueba	PHR	unknown				0
Nausori	SUV	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6100
Korolevu	KVU	unknown				0
Bureta Levuka Air	LEV	unknown				0
Natadola	NTA	unknown				0
Nadi International	NAN	18	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10500
Malololailai	PTF	unknown				0
Ba	BFJ	unknown				0
Vatukoula	VAU	unknown				0
Castaway	CST	unknown				0
Turtle Island	TTL	unknown				0

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Kandavu Island		Fiji
Suva	FJSUV	Fiji
Levuka	FJLEV	Fiji
Vuda	FJVUD	Fiji
Lautoka	FJLTK	Fiji
Vatia	FJVAT	Fiji

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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

0.3 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 0.3m in Lautoka, Fiji. This height is estimated for 14 Nov 2023 17:00 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 (22 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 13 of 16 Nov 2023 00:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 2 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	14 Nov 2023 17:00	Lautoka	Fiji	0.3
	14 Nov 2023 18:00	Namaka	Fiji	0.3
	14 Nov 2023 17:00	Solevu	Fiji	0.2
	14 Nov 2023 16:00	Somosomo	Fiji	0.2
	14 Nov 2023 17:00	Momi	Fiji	0.2
	14 Nov 2023 16:00	Tavua	Fiji	0.2
	14 Nov 2023 15:00	Nalauwaki	Fiji	0.1
	14 Nov 2023 18:00	Soso	Fiji	0.1
	14 Nov 2023 22:00	Nasau	Fiji	0.1
	14 Nov 2023 22:00	Talaulia	Fiji	0.1
	14 Nov 2023 16:00	Nailanga	Fiji	0.1
	14 Nov 2023 16:00	Sorokoba	Fiji	0.1
	14 Nov 2023 16:00	Natunuka	Fiji	0.1
	14 Nov 2023 16:00	Nadi	Fiji	0.1
	14 Nov 2023 18:00	Lomawal	Fiji	0.1
	14 Nov 2023 18:00	Mbatiri	Fiji	0.1
	14 Nov 2023 19:00	Cuvu	Fiji	0.1
	14 Nov 2023 20:00	Bouwanga	Fiji	0.1
	14 Nov 2023 20:00	Taunovo	Fiji	0.1
	14 Nov 2023 22:00	Nalotu	Fiji	0.1
	14 Nov 2023 22:00	Mburelevu	Fiji	0.1
	14 Nov 2023 22:00	Mokoisa	Fiji	0.1

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