Overall Red Tropical Cyclone alert for YASA-20 in Fiji, from 12 Dec 2020 12:00 UTC to 14 Dec 2020 00:00 UTC

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Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for YASA-20

in Fiji,

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Impact Single TC

Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

Tropical Cyclone YASA-20 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source	GDACS
Glide number:	TC-2020-000238-FJI
Exposed countries	Fiji,
Exposed population	160 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	259 km/h
Maximum storm surge	0.8 m (18 Dec 00:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (Fiji)

GDACS Score

GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
For more info on GDACS alert score click here.

	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
Current	194 km/h	0.8 m	n.a.	2.5
Overall	259 km/h	0.8 m	n.a.	2.5
Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

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Wind

194 km/h Current Max.

Up to 250000 people in Category 1 strength or higher (see SSHS)

Impact Timeline

N°	Date (UTC)	Max Winds (km/h)	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Population in Cat 1. or higher	Countries
1	12 Dec 2020 12:00	204	2 thousand	No people
2	12 Dec 2020 18:00	185	730 thousand	No people	Fiji
3	13 Dec 2020 00:00	176	330 thousand	No people	Fiji
4	13 Dec 2020 06:00	176	350 thousand	No people	Fiji
5	13 Dec 2020 12:00	176	710 thousand	No people	Fiji
6	13 Dec 2020 18:00	185	760 thousand	30 thousand	Fiji
7	14 Dec 2020 00:00	194	800 thousand	250 thousand	Fiji

Bulletin Timeline

N°	Date (UTC)	Category (SSHS)	Max winds (km/h)	Population in Cat.1 or higher	Population in Tropical Storm or higher	Location (lat, lon)
1	12 Dec 2020 12:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	-13.7, 172.9
2	12 Dec 2020 18:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	no people	-14.2, 173.7
3	13 Dec 2020 00:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	-15.1, 173.3
4	13 Dec 2020 06:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	no people	-15.3, 172.7
5	13 Dec 2020 12:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	no people	-15.5, 172.6
6	13 Dec 2020 18:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	-15.7, 172.3
7	14 Dec 2020 00:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	no people	-15.8, 171.9
7	14 Dec 2020 12:00	Category 1	130	no people	no people	-15.6, 171.4
7	15 Dec 2020 00:00	Category 1	148	no people	no people	-15.2, 171.2
7	15 Dec 2020 12:00	Category 2	167	no people	no people	-14.8, 171.5
7	16 Dec 2020 00:00	Category 3	185	no people	no people	-14.6, 172.2
7	17 Dec 2020 00:00	Category 3	194	190000 people	800000 people	-15.4, 174.3
7	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Category 3	194	250000 people	800000 people	-17.7, 176.9
7	19 Dec 2020 00:00	Category 2	167	no people	no people	-20.9, 178.7

Actual track of the current bulletin

The alert for forecast greater than 3 days is limited to Orange level.

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Exposed population - AoIs

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

Countries

Country
Fiji

Provinces

Region Province	Country
Fiji	Fiji

Populated places

Name	Country	City class	Population
Momi	Fiji	City	-
Lautoka	Fiji	City	49000 people
Nadi	Fiji	Major city	54000 people
Sigatoka	Fiji	City	12000 people
Nasau	Fiji	City	-
Soso	Fiji	City	-

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)
Castaway	CST	unknown				0
Malololailai	PTF	unknown				0
Nadi International	NAN	18	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10500
Natadola	NTA	unknown				0
Korolevu	KVU	unknown				0
Vatulele	VTF	unknown				0
Kandavu	KDV	unknown				0

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Vuda	FJVUD	Fiji
Lautoka	FJLTK	Fiji
Kandavu Island		Fiji

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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

0.8 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 0.8m in Lautoka, Fiji. This height is estimated for 18 Dec 2020 00:00 UTC .

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.

Locations affected by Storm surge (38 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 7 of 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Lautoka	Fiji	0.8
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Solevu	Fiji	0.5
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Tavua	Fiji	0.5
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Tavua	Fiji	0.4
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Somosomo	Fiji	0.4
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Soso	Fiji	0.4
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Namaka	Fiji	0.3
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Momi	Fiji	0.3
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Nalauwaki	Fiji	0.3
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Nadi	Fiji	0.3
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Rabulu	Fiji	0.3
	17 Dec 2020 23:00	Nacula	Fiji	0.2
	17 Dec 2020 23:00	Navotua	Fiji	0.2
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Nailanga	Fiji	0.2
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Sorokoba	Fiji	0.2
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Natunuka	Fiji	0.2
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Togowere	Fiji	0.2
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Tamusua	Fiji	0.2
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Dromuna	Fiji	0.2
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Korovou	Fiji	0.2
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Matacawalevu	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Sisili	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Yangganga	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Nawailevu	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Ucunivanua	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Navuti	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Naimasimasi	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Koroinasolo	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Savu Sau	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Navinggiri	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Lawaki	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Nanukuloa	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Ndenimanu	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Matayalevu	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Lomawal	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Mbatiri	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Lodoni	Fiji	0.1
	18 Dec 2020 00:00	Nasaga	Fiji	0.1

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