Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for MAARUTHA-17
in Myanmar
15 Apr 2017 12 UTC
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Impact

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

    Meteorological source GDACS
    Exposed countries Myanmar
    Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
    Maximum wind speed 93 km/h
    Maximum storm surge n.a.
    Vulnerability High (Myanmar)

    GDACS Score

    GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
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      Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
    Current 65 km/h n.a. n.a. 1.5
    Overall 93 km/h 0.0 m n.a. 1.5

    Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

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    Wind

      65 km/h Current Max.

      Up to 10.3 million people in Tropical Storm strength or higher (see SSHS)

      Impact Timeline

        Alert N° Date (UTC) Max Winds (km/h) Population in
        Tropical Storm or higher        		 Population in
        Cat 1. or higher        		 Countries
        Orange 1 15 Apr 2017 12:00 65 10.3 million No people Myanmar

        Bulletin Timeline

          Alert N° Date (UTC) Category
          (SSHS)           		Max winds
          (km/h)           		Population in
          Cat.1 or higher           		Population in
          Tropical Storm
          or higher           		Location (lat, lon) Countries
          GREEN
          		 1 15 Apr 2017 12:00 Tropical storm 74 no people no people 14.3, 90.2
          GREEN
          		 1 16 Apr 2017 00:00 Tropical storm 102 no people 97000 people 16, 91.5 Myanmar
          GREEN
          		 1 16 Apr 2017 12:00 Tropical storm 102 no people 4.7 million people 17.6, 92.9 Myanmar
          ORANGE
          		 1 17 Apr 2017 00:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 10.2 million people 19.1, 94.5 Myanmar
          GREEN
          		 1 17 Apr 2017 12:00 Tropical depression 37 no people no people 20.8, 96.2 Myanmar
          Actual track of the current bulletin
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          Exposed population - AoIs

          Exposed population in the potential affected countries, provinces and populated places

          Countries

          Country
          Myanmar

          Provinces

          Region Province Country
          Irrawaddy Myanmar
          Arakan State Myanmar
          Pegu Myanmar
          Magwe Myanmar
          Mandalay Myanmar
          Shan State Myanmar

          Populated places

          Name Region Province Country City class Population
          Taungup Rakhine Myanmar City -
          Kyaukpyu Rakhine Myanmar City -
          Kyangin Ayeyarwaddy Myanmar City -
          Shwedaung Bago Myanmar City -
          Nattalin Bago Myanmar City -
          Paungde Bago Myanmar City 36000 people
          Pye Bago Myanmar City -
          Thayetmyo Magway Myanmar City 97000 people
          Minbu Magway Myanmar City 57000 people
          Yenangyaung Magway Myanmar City 110000 people
          Ela Mandalay Myanmar City -
          Pyinmana Mandalay Myanmar City 97000 people
          Meiktila Mandalay Myanmar City 180000 people

          Critical infrastructure

          Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

          Airports

          Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft)
          Gwa GWA 3 Civ. Unpaved No 3500
          Manaung MGU 6 Civ. Unpaved No 3700
          Sandoway SNW 6 Civ. Paved No 4700
          Kyaukpyu KYP 6 Civ. Paved No 4600
          Ann 22 0
          Prome PRU 37 Civ. Paved No 4500
          Magway MWQ 84 Civ. Unpaved No 4600
          Meiktila 213 Mil. Unpaved No 5400
          Ste Therese Point 192 Mil. Paved No 8500
          Heho HEH 1176 Civ. Paved Yes 6000

          Ports

          Name LOCODE Country
          Sandoway Myanmar
          Kyaukpyu Myanmar
          Prome Myanmar

          Dams

          Reservoir Dam Name River Year
          Taungnawin Taungnawin Creek n/a
          Manchaung Mann Creek n/a
          Salin Salin Creek n/a
          Sunchaung Sun Creek n/a
          Natmouk n/a
          Kinda Panlaung 1986
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          Rainfall

          Rainfall accumulation of the past 24h, as detected by the Global Precipitation Measurement mission of NASA. For more information, see https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/main/index.html.

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          StormSurge

          The JRC has developed an experimental global storm surge model. The calculations are published about 20 minutes after a new advisory is detected by GDACS. The calculations identify the populated places affected by storm surge up to three days in advance, using the forecasted track. When forecasts change, the associated storm surge changes too and alert levels may go up or down. All links, data, statistics and maps refer to the latest available calculation. If the calculation for the last advisory is not completed, the latest available calculation is shown.