Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for HIDAYA-24
in Tanzania, Seychelles, Comoros

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1001060
Name HIDAYA-24
From - To 01 May - 04 May
Exposed countries Tanzania, Seychelles, Comoros
Exposed population 640 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 148 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 0.5 m (04 May 11:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Comoros)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
WMO-RSMC La Réunion 63 km/h 0.5 m n.a. 0.5
GDACS JTWC 74 km/h 0.6 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 176 km/h 0.5 m 1108 mm 0.5
GFS 180 km/h 0.3 m 638 mm 0.5
ECMWF 68 km/h 0.3 m 789 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Tanzania - Tropical cyclone (ECHO 03 May 2024)Fri, 03 May 2024 10:45

  • A new tropical storm named 'Hidaya' formed on 1 May over the central Indian Ocean, north of Madagascar, Comoros and Mayotte (France), and started moving west toward eastern Tanzania. On 3 May at 0.00 UTC its centre was located offshore, approximately 500 km south-east of the area of Dar es Salaam city (the main city of Tanzania), with maximum sustained winds of 137 km/h (tropical cyclone).
  • On the forecast track, Hidaya is expected to continue moving northwestward over the ocean and continue strenghtening, passing by very close (without making the landfall) to the area of Dar es Salaam city between 4 May in the afternoon and 5 May very early in the morning (UTC), with maximum sustained winds of up to 75 km/h (tropical storm).
  • Very heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surge are forecasted over eastern Tanzania for the period from 4 to 7 May.
HIDAYA-24 - EC/ECHO daily mapTue, 07 May 2024 17:49

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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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),