Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for CLAUDIA-20
in Australia

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone CLAUDIA-20 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000645
Name CLAUDIA-20
From - To 11 Jan - 15 Jan
Exposed countries Australia
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 157 km/h Category 2
Maximum storm surge 0.4 m (11 Jan 21:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Australia)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 65 km/h 0.4 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 173 km/h 0.6 m 527 mm 0.5
GFS 158 km/h 0.7 m 369 mm 0.5
ECMWF 119 km/h 0.5 m 611 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 202 | About casualties: 87 | Last hour: 0

NASA catches the dissipation of Tropical Cyclone ClaudiaThu, 16 Jan 2020 19:54:00 +0100.

Tropical Cyclone Claudia was dissipating in the Southern Indian Ocean when NASA's Terra satellite captured a visible image of storm as it flew overhead in its orbit around the Earth. On Jan. 15 at 4 p.m. EST (2100 UTC) the Joint Typhoon War
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NASA Infrared Data Analyzes Cloud top Temperatures in Tropical Cyclone ... Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:32:00 +0100.

A study led by the University of Southampton has mapped several sites in Europe containing gas hydrate – a relatively clean fuel which could help bridge the gap between fossil fuels and renewables. A study led by the University of Southamp
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NASA infrared data analyzes cloud top temperatures in Tropical Cyclone ... Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:09:00 +0100.

. by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center On Jan. 14 at 1:23 EST (0623 UTC) NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed Tropical Storm Claudia using the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument. AIRS found coldest cloud top temperatures as cold as
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NASA infrared data analyzes cloud top temperatures in Tropical Cyclone ... Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:11:00 +0100.

IMAGE: On Jan. 14 at 1:23 EST (0623 UTC) NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed Tropical Storm Claudia using the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument. AIRS found coldest cloud top temperatures as... Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thras
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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),