Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for ALFRED-17
in Australia

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone ALFRED-17 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000338
Name ALFRED-17
From - To 20 Feb - 20 Feb
Exposed countries Australia
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 83 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge n.a.
Vulnerability Low (Australia)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 74 km/h n.a. 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 561 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 0

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Update: air strikes against DaeshFri, 24 Feb 2017 06:57:00 +0100.

. 23 February 2017. The RAF are continuing to take the fight to Daesh in Iraq and Syria. Summary. - Friday 17 February Tornados destroyed a Daesh strongpoint to the west of Kirkuk. - Sunday 19 February Tornados supported Iraqi troops advanc
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7:23 PM Erosion worries grow in St. Johns County as increased surf mov ... Fri, 24 Feb 2017 05:06:00 +0100.

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Brough's BAE Systems challenges young aviation designersFri, 24 Feb 2017 04:00:00 +0100.

Students from schools across the Humber region are being challenged in a competition launched by BAE Systems at Brough. Teams of up to ten pupils have been invited to use their creativity and innovation to imagine cockpit instruments for th
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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 (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),