Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for LUANA-26 in Australia from 23 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC to 24 Jan 2026 12:00 UTC

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Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for LUANA-26

in Australia

24 Jan 2026 12 UTC

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Impact Single TC

Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

Tropical Cyclone LUANA-26 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source	GDACS
Exposed countries	Australia
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	102 km/h
Maximum storm surge	1 m (24 Jan 14:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Low (Australia)
Landfall	between 24 Jan 2026 00:00 - 24 Jan 2026 06:00 in Australia

GDACS Score

GDACS score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Level), 1.5 (ORANGE Level), 2.5 (RED Level)
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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
Current	93 km/h	1.0 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	102 km/h	1.0 m	n.a.	0.5
Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track) based on GDACS impact

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Wind

93 km/h Current Max.

Up to 25000 people in Tropical Storm 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	23 Jan 2026 00:00	93	30 thousand	No people	Australia
2	23 Jan 2026 06:00	102	30 thousand	No people	Australia
3	23 Jan 2026 12:00	102	30 thousand	No people	Australia
4	23 Jan 2026 18:00	102	30 thousand	No people	Australia
5	24 Jan 2026 00:00	102	30 thousand	No people	Australia
6	24 Jan 2026 06:00	102	20 thousand	No people	Australia
7	24 Jan 2026 12:00	93	20 thousand	No people	Australia

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)	Countries
1	23 Jan 2026 00:00	Tropical storm	65	no people	1300 people	-13.3, 119.8
2	23 Jan 2026 06:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	1300 people	-14.1, 120.3
3	23 Jan 2026 12:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	22000 people	-15.1, 120.5
4	23 Jan 2026 18:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	25000 people	-16, 121.4
5	24 Jan 2026 00:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	25000 people	-16.6, 122.2
6	24 Jan 2026 06:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	25000 people	-16.8, 122.5	Australia
7	24 Jan 2026 12:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	25000 people	-17.3, 122.9	Australia
7	25 Jan 2026 00:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	6900 people	-18.2, 123.6	Australia
7	25 Jan 2026 12:00	Tropical depression	56	no people	no people	-19.3, 123.8	Australia

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	Population in Tropical Storm or higher strength
Australia	9400 people

Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population in Tropical Storm or higher strength
Western Australia	Australia	9400 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)
Derby	DRB	7	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5600
Broome	BME	17	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800
Carroll		91	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10000
Kimberly Downs	KBD	unknown				0
Myroodah	MYO	unknown				0

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Beagle Bay		Coral Sea Islands
Derby	AUDRB	Coral Sea Islands
Broome	AUBME	Coral Sea Islands
Cape Leveque		Coral Sea Islands
Yampi Sound		Coral Sea Islands
Yampi	AUYAM	Coral Sea Islands

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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

1 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 1.0m in Derby, Australia. This height is estimated for 24 Jan 2026 14:00 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 (69 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 7 of 24 Jan 2026 12:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

Level	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	24 Jan 2026 14:00	Derby	Australia	1.0
	24 Jan 2026 07:00	Pender	Australia	0.8
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Pagatan	Indonesia	0.5
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Pagetan	Indonesia	0.5
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Tabanio	Indonesia	0.4
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Kualalupak	Indonesia	0.4
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Aluhaluh	Indonesia	0.4
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Tambakkarangan	Indonesia	0.4
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Bawahalajung	Indonesia	0.4
	23 Jan 2026 20:00	Nightcliff	Australia	0.4
	23 Jan 2026 20:00	Larrakeyah	Australia	0.4
	23 Jan 2026 20:00	Fannie Bay	Australia	0.4
	23 Jan 2026 20:00	Parap	Australia	0.4
	23 Jan 2026 20:00	Darwin	Australia	0.4
	23 Jan 2026 20:00	Ludmilla	Australia	0.4
	23 Jan 2026 20:00	Bagot	Australia	0.4
	23 Jan 2026 12:00	Kollan I	Australia	0.4
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Batakam	Indonesia	0.4
	25 Jan 2026 05:00	Leanyer	Australia	0.4
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Kandangan	Indonesia	0.3
	23 Jan 2026 10:00	Semisir	Indonesia	0.3
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Bapuju	Indonesia	0.3
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Bahaur	Indonesia	0.3
	23 Jan 2026 14:00	Setiroek	Indonesia	0.3
	23 Jan 2026 15:00	Tapianbalai	Indonesia	0.3
	23 Jan 2026 15:00	Pagatan	Indonesia	0.3
	23 Jan 2026 15:00	Salinau	Indonesia	0.3
	23 Jan 2026 15:00	Semaras	Indonesia	0.3
	23 Jan 2026 15:00	Okaoka	Indonesia	0.3
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Tjadia	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Kanaoengan	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Bontobonto	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Makasar	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Manda	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Karamak	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Sanrabone	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Tamalaba	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Tiempae	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 13:00	Tandjoengselaka	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 13:00	Mutua	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 16:00	Boenati	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Bisali	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Minjilang	Australia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Basada	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Kobroor	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Kedjabi	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Rabal	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Mandalle	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Padaelo	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Gailesong	Indonesia	0.2
	23 Jan 2026 15:00	Teloekkapalpetjah	Indonesia	0.1
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Sampungbinangu	Indonesia	0.1
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Kangoerma	Indonesia	0.1
	23 Jan 2026 17:00	Kennedys Cottage	Australia	0.1
	23 Jan 2026 14:00	Sawarangan	Indonesia	0.1
	24 Jan 2026 01:00	Soengaibali	Indonesia	0.1
	23 Jan 2026 17:00	Waterbank	Australia	0.1
	24 Jan 2026 06:00	Wickham	Australia	0.1
	24 Jan 2026 06:00	Point Samson	Australia	0.1
	24 Jan 2026 06:00	Cossack	Australia	0.1
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Laboso	Indonesia	0.1
	23 Jan 2026 10:00	Lakadea	Indonesia	0.1
	23 Jan 2026 10:00	Tongkuno	Indonesia	0.1
	23 Jan 2026 23:00	Sekapoeng	Indonesia	0.1
	25 Jan 2026 02:00	Broome	Australia	0.1
	24 Jan 2026 08:00	East Lewis I	Australia	0.1
	23 Jan 2026 13:00	Segintong	Indonesia	0.1
	23 Jan 2026 11:00	Palanro	Indonesia	0.1
	24 Jan 2026 07:00	Berangas	Indonesia	0.1

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