Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for IRINA-12 in Juan De Nova I.,Mozambique,Swaziland,South Africa,Madagascar from 29 Feb 2012 00:00 UTC to 09 Mar 2012 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for IRINA-12

in Juan De Nova I.,Mozambique,Swaziland,South Africa,Madagascar

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone IRINA-12 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 28552
Name	IRINA-12
From - To	29 Feb - 10 Mar
Exposed countries	Juan De Nova I.,Mozambique,Swaziland,South Africa,Madagascar
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	167 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge	0.8 m (01 Mar 03:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	High (Reunion)

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	56 km/h	0.8 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.

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