Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for ELIAKIM-18
in Madagascar

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone ELIAKIM-18 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000441
Name ELIAKIM-18
Glide number: TC-2018-000023-MDG
From - To 15 Mar - 20 Mar
Exposed countries Madagascar
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 111 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 0.6 m (16 Mar 08:00 UTC)
Vulnerability High (Madagascar)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 83 km/h 0.6 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 113 km/h 0.9 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 104 km/h 1 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF 126 km/h 1 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Les transporteurs alertent sur la détérioration des routes nationales 3/24/2018 7:11:00 AM.

Les transporteurs de la partie Nord-Est de la Grande Ile ont lancé un appel à l’attention des responsables étatiques sur l’état des routes nationales dans cette partie de l’ile. En effet, l’état de détérioration des routes desservant cette
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Météo: fortes pluies et orage attendus jusqu’en fin de soirée 3/21/2018 1:14:00 PM.

Le temps s’est encore gâté. Depuis le début de l’après-midi, ce mercredi 21 mars, de gros nuages ont fait leur apparition un peu partout à travers le pays. La station météorologique de Vacoas attribue cette situation au phénomène de brise d
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20 dead as powerful storm hits Madagascar 3/21/2018 4:18:00 AM.

Antananarivo, March 20, 2018 (AFP) -A powerful tropical storm that lashed the island of Madagascar has left 20 people dead and affected 19,000 more, according to an official toll. The storm also closed several national highways that were fl
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Catastrophe – Un grand éboulement bloque la circulation 3/21/2018 3:51:00 AM.

Les éboulements se multiplient sur la RN2. Un mouvement en masse de terrain a coupé totalement la circulation. Imprévisible. L’éboulement d’une colline à Ambato­senegaly Mora­manga, lundi vers 16 heures, ressemblait à un phénomène apocalypt
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EMSR (2), EC-JRC (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),