Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone for MAILA-26 in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands from 04 Apr 2026 00:00 UTC to 06 Apr 2026 06:00 UTC

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Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone for MAILA-26

in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone MAILA-26 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1001268
Name	MAILA-26
From - To	04 Apr - 06 Apr
Exposed countries	Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Exposed population	150 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	185 km/h Category 3
Maximum storm surge	n.a.
Vulnerability	High (Papua New Guinea)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS JTWC	185 km/h	n.a.	n.a.	1.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	187 km/h	0.5 m	1887 mm	0.5
GFS	223 km/h	0.5 m	2403 mm	0.5
ECMWF	166 km/h	0.4 m	1346 mm	0.5

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