Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for BANSI-15
in Mauritius

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000134
Name BANSI-15
From - To 11 Jan - 18 Jan
Exposed countries Mauritius
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 278 km/h Category 5
Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (15 Jan 23:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Mauritius)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 74 km/h 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 274 | About casualties: 47 | Last hour: 0

Forte délégation rodriguaise à MauriceWed, 21 Jan 2015 11:43:00 +0100.

Les choses sont revenues à la normale à Rodrigues, après l’agitation causée par le passage du cyclone Bansi. Le gouvernement régional a donc repris ses activités, à l’exemple de Serge Clair. Le chef commissaire a en effet mis le cap sur Mau
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The once-powerful Tropical Cyclone Bansi stirred up ocean sedimentTue, 20 Jan 2015 19:15:00 +0100.

On Jan. 19, NASA's Aqua satellite spotted sediment stirred up by Tropical Cyclone Bansi around the Cargados Carajos Shoals, Indian Ocean. Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team Tropical Cyclone Bansi reached a Category 4 status on t
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Plus de 500 radiers à éradiquerTue, 20 Jan 2015 10:47:00 +0100.

La route des Tamarins a permis de sécuriser définitivement la liaison entre l’Ouest et le Sud. Les ouvrages d’art mettent les usagers à l’abri des débordements des cours d’eau. Un prolongement de ce grand chantier, c’est l’union des collect
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La pluie va persister jusqu’à mercrediTue, 20 Jan 2015 09:04:00 +0100.

Depuis la semaine dernière, de fortes pluies et vents frappent l’archipel des Comores. L’Agence Nationale de la Météorologie et de l’Aviation Civile assure que le pays ne se trouve pas en alerte cyclonique mais que la pluie va continuer enc
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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),