Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for MEGAN-24
in Australia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1001056
Name MEGAN-24
From - To 15 Mar - 18 Mar
Exposed countries Australia
Exposed population 1 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 176 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge 1.6 m (16 Mar 21:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Australia)

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 120 km/h 1.6 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 205 km/h 1.1 m 957 mm 0.5
GFS 166 km/h 1.2 m 1177 mm 0.5
ECMWF 90 km/h 1.3 m 963 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Australia - Tropical cyclone MEGAN (ECHO 18 Mar 2024)Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:51

  • A new tropical cyclone named MEGAN formed over the Gulf of Carpentaria on 15 March and started moving south toward the north-eastern Northern Territory, Australia.
  • MEGAN made landfall over the area of Port McArthur City, Northern Territory on 18 March around 5.30 UTC, with maximum sustained winds up to 159 km/h (tropical cyclone).
  • Tropical cyclone MEGAN is expected to continue southwestward inland over Northern Territory on 19-20 March, weakening into a tropical storm.
  • Over the next 48 hours, very heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surge are forecast over northern and central Northern Territory and over north-western Queensland.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

WEATHER WATCH: March maximums up ahead of season's first cooler spell 3/22/2024 1:18:00 AM.

Up to mid-March Coonabarabran is experiencing its hottest December to March period since 1997-1998 and before that in 1982-1983 and 1902-1903. For Moree, the December to March period was the hottest since December 1951 to March 1952 and bef
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ABC News Further evacuations out of Borroloola ahead of major flooding.. 3/21/2024 11:02:00 PM.

Floods levels are set to peak in the Northern Territory town of Borroloola, in the wake of tropical cyclone Megan. Around 350 residents have now been evacuated by the deference force to Darwin. Federal authorities say more communities may n
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Town set for 150mm rain blast over 24 hours 3/21/2024 10:18:00 PM.

Northern Territory. In the cyclone-hit town of Borroloola, more than 300 people have been evacuated on defence force aircraft as flash flooding hits the region. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Megan tore through the Northern Territory earlier this week
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Town set for 150mm rain blast over 24 hours 3/21/2024 10:17:00 PM.

Northern Territory. In the cyclone-hit town of Borroloola, more than 300 people have been evacuated on defence force aircraft as flash flooding hits the region. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Megan tore through the Northern Territory earlier this week
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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),