Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for NATHAN-15
in Australia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID TC 1000150
Name NATHAN-15
From - To 10 Mar - 24 Mar
Exposed countries Australia
Exposed population 2 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 185 km/h Category 3
Maximum storm surge 1.7 m (22 Mar 01:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Australia)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 56 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.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 53 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Former Cyclone Nathan Weakens Near Australia's Darwin; Heavy Rainfall ... Fri, 27 Mar 2015 00:28:00 +0100.

IN PHOTO: Cyclone Pam bears down on Vanuatu in this image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite taken at 1:30 p.m. local time (2:20 GMT) March 13, 2015. Not long after the image was acquired
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Tropical cyclone Nathan struck Australia as a tropical storm at about ... Tue, 24 Mar 2015 10:15:00 +0100.

Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Tropical cyclone Nathan struck Australia as a tropical storm at about 18:00 GMT on 23 March. Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint
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NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Nathan over Australia's Top EndMon, 23 Mar 2015 18:31:00 +0100.

On March 23 at 04:35 UTC, NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of Tropical Cyclone Nathan over the Top End of the Northern Territory, Australia. Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team Tropical Cyclone Nathan moved from Queensla
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Tropical cyclone Nathan struck Australia at about 18:00 GMT on 22 Marc ... Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:43:00 +0100.

Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Tropical cyclone Nathan struck Australia at about 18:00 GMT on 22 March. Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Cen
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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 (46), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),