Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for OLA-15
Off-shore

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone OLA-15 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000141
Name OLA-15
From - To 31 Jan - 03 Feb
Exposed countries Off-shore
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 167 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability -- ()

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC n.a 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.
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Latest media headlines

NASA satellite sees wind shear affecting Tropical Cyclone Ola 2/2/2015 7:17:00 PM.

On Feb. 1, 2015 at 23:30 UTC (6:30 p.m. EST), NASA's Terra satellite captured this visible image of Tropical Cyclone Ola in the South Pacific Ocean just west of New Caledonia. Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA's Terra sate
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Ola (South Pacific Ocean) 2/2/2015 6:00:00 PM.

[image-50] NASA Satellite Sees Wind Shear Affecting Tropical Cyclone Ola. NASA's Terra satellite captured a picture of Tropical Cyclone Ola on Feb. 1 that showed northeasterly wind shear was pushing the clouds and showers southwest of the c
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Philippines: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapsh.. 2/2/2015 12:19:00 PM.

PHILIPPINES. On 25 Jan, an armed encounter between the Philippine National Police (PNP) - Special Action Force (SAF), field forces of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) erupted in Mam
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OLA : Levée de la préalerte cyclonique 2/2/2015 7:51:00 AM.

Le cyclone tropical OLA n’est plus une menace immédiate et directe pour la Nouvelle Calédonie. En conséquence, la préalerte cyclonique est levée ce lundi 2 février à 20h00 sur l’ensemble du territoire. La dépression tropicale s’éloigne pr
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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), (2), INFORM (2),