Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for HILDA-17 in Australia from 27 Dec 2017 18:00 UTC to 28 Dec 2017 00:00 UTC

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone HILDA-17 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1000427
Name	HILDA-17
From - To	27 Dec - 28 Dec
Exposed countries	Australia
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	74 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge	n.a.
Vulnerability	Low (Australia)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS JTWC	65 km/h	n.a.	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	61 km/h	0.8 m	n.a.	0.5
GFS	63 km/h	0.8 m	n.a.	0.5
ECMWF	65 km/h	0.4 m	n.a.	0.5

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