Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for EIGHTEEN-21
in Australia

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone EIGHTEEN-21 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000766
Name EIGHTEEN-21
From - To 31 Jan - 05 Feb
Exposed countries Australia
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 65 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 0.8 m (05 Feb 12:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Australia)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 65 km/h 0.8 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 94 km/h 1 m 466 mm 0.5
GFS 86 km/h 1.3 m 296 mm 0.5
ECMWF 83 km/h 1.1 m 444 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 3 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

31/01 au 07/02 : alerte tempête tropicale (Eighteen) pour l'Ouest de l ... Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:18:00 +0100.

02/02 : La faible tempête tropicale 18 reste facilement identifiable par l'imagerie visuelle. La convection profonde reste vigoureuse près du centre et le système est toujours alimenté par un afflux humide au large de la côte de Pilbara dan
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Evacuation Warnings: Prepare Now, Santa Cruz Co. Officials SayMon, 25 Jan 2021 08:27:00 +0100.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA — Residents in parts of the San Lorenzo Valley and Santa Cruz County's north coast were placed under an evacuation warning Sunday evening, with high winds and heavy rain forecast in the days to come. Residents of affe
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Evacuation Warnings Issued As Rain Falls On Santa Cruz CountyMon, 25 Jan 2021 04:56:00 +0100.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA — Residents in parts of the San Lorenzo Valley and Santa Cruz County's north coast were placed under an evacuation warning Sunday evening, with high winds and heavy rain forecast in the days to come. Residents of affe
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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),