Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for KOFI-14 in Tonga from 01 Mar 2014 06:00 UTC to 03 Mar 2014 06:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for KOFI-14

in Tonga

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone KOFI-14 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 43357
Name	KOFI-14
From - To	01 Mar - 03 Mar
Exposed countries	Tonga
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	121 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge	0.1 m (01 Mar 14:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (Tonga)

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
JRC	84 km/h	0.1 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.

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