Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for VICTOR-16
Off-shore

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone VICTOR-16 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000248
Name VICTOR-16
From - To 14 Jan - 22 Jan
Exposed countries Off-shore
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 213 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability --

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 56 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 n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
ECMWF n.a n.a. n.a. n.a.
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Victor weakening under wind shear 1/23/2016 12:34:00 AM.

On Jan. 22 at 0137 UTC NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Victor and saw the strongest thunderstorms (green) were being pushed east of the center from strong westerly vertical wind shear. Credit: NASA/NRL. After days at hurricane-f
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NASA sees cloud top temperatures warming in Cyclone Victor 1/21/2016 9:28:00 PM.

This infrared image from the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite shows coldest clouds tops (-63F/-53C) and strongest storms southeast of the center of Tropical Cyclone Victor on Jan. 21 at 1210 UTC. Credit: NASA/NRL. Infrared imag
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NASA measures winds in Tropical Cyclone Victor 1/20/2016 7:55:00 PM.

NOAA's GOES-West satellite captured this image of Tropical Cyclone Victor in the South Pacific on Jan. 20 at 1500 UTC (10 a.m. EST). Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project. NASA's RapidScat instrument found the strongest winds in Tropical Cyclone V
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NASA sees wide-eyed Tropical Cyclone Victor 1/19/2016 8:15:00 PM.

On Jan. 19 at 01:00 UTC the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP captured this image of a wide-eyed Tropical Cyclone Victor in the South Pacific Ocean. Credit: NASA Goddard Rapid Response. NASA satellites and instruments have been
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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 (46), INFORM (1), (1),