Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for CHRISTINE-13
in Australia

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone CHRISTINE-13 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 42135
Name CHRISTINE-13
From - To 28 Dec - 30 Dec
Exposed countries Australia
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 148 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge 1.3 m (30 Dec 09:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Australia)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
JRC 138 km/h 1.3 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 226 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 0

Un puissant cyclone touche l'ouest de l'AustralieThu, 02 Jan 2014 08:05:00 +0100.

Un puissant cyclone a touché mardi les côtes occidentales de l'Australie, provoquant d'importants dégâts sur les habitations et la végétation et la fermeture des sites industriels de cette région minière, ont indiqué les services de secours
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Tarcoola débute l'année par 50 degrés à l'ombreThu, 02 Jan 2014 04:59:00 +0100.

2014 démarre avec des températures extrêmes dans certaines parties de l'Australie.
Tourist dies on cyclone flood roadWed, 01 Jan 2014 06:02:00 +0100.

AN elderly Victorian tourist died yesterday when the vehicle she was in skidded off a flooded Kimberley highway and hit a tree.
Ex-cyclone dumping heaving rainWed, 01 Jan 2014 02:13:00 +0100.

EX-TROPICAL Cyclone Christine is dumping heavy rain on inland WA as it sweeps south-east through the Goldfields.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (46), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),