Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for JOSIE-18
in Fiji

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000446
Name JOSIE-18
From - To 31 Mar - 03 Apr
Exposed countries Fiji
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 130 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (31 Mar 18:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Fiji)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 65 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 62 km/h 0.6 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 64 km/h 0.8 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF 66 km/h 0.5 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 31 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

AFP: Hundreds take shelter as Fiji braces for another cycloneSat, 07 Apr 2018 05:40:00 +0200.

Suva. Hundreds of people were sheltering in evacuation centres as another tropical storm took aim at Fiji, officials said Saturday, as the South Pacific island nation went on high alert, reported AFP The storm was brewing east of Vanuatu an
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Hundreds take shelter as Fiji braces for another cycloneSat, 07 Apr 2018 05:14:00 +0200.

WELLINGTON (AFP) - Hundreds of people were sheltering in evacuation centres as another tropical storm took aim at Fiji, officials said on Saturday (April 7), as the South Pacific island nation went on high alert. The storm was brewing east
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People moved to evacuation centres in Fiji due to bad weatherSat, 07 Apr 2018 05:01:00 +0200.

Fiji's National Disaster Management Office says 192 people have been moved to five evacuation centres in the Western Division, where nearly 40 percent of Fiji's population live, as a tropical storm nears the country. Fiji police have confir
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Fiji floods a 'brutal reminder' of climate reality, says PMWed, 04 Apr 2018 08:26:00 +0200.

The severe effects of Cyclone Josie are a brutal reminder of the reality of climate change, says Fiji's prime minister. Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama visits a community in Ba which was hit by floods caused by Cyclone Josie. Photo:
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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),