Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for VAIANU-26 in Fiji from 05 Apr 2026 00:00 UTC to 08 Apr 2026 18:00 UTC

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Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for VAIANU-26

in Fiji

08 Apr 2026 18 UTC

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Impact Single TC

Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

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

Meteorological source	GDACS
Glide number:	TC-2026-000051-SLB
Exposed countries	Fiji
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	185 km/h
Maximum storm surge	n.a.
Vulnerability	Medium (Fiji)

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	111 km/h	n.a.	n.a.	0.5
Overall	185 km/h	0.0 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

111 km/h Current Max.

Up to 810000 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	05 Apr 2026 00:00	157	370 thousand	No people	Fiji
2	05 Apr 2026 12:00	194	220 thousand	No people	Fiji
3	06 Apr 2026 00:00	194	290 thousand	No people	Fiji
4	06 Apr 2026 06:00	204	520 thousand	No people	Fiji, New Zealand
5	06 Apr 2026 12:00	194	530 thousand	No people	Fiji, New Zealand
6	06 Apr 2026 18:00	185	3.6 million	No people	Fiji, New Zealand
7	07 Apr 2026 00:00	194	4.1 million	No people	Fiji, New Zealand
8	07 Apr 2026 06:00	185	5 million	No people	Fiji, New Zealand
9	07 Apr 2026 12:00	176	5.6 million	No people	Fiji, New Zealand
10	07 Apr 2026 18:00	167	3.8 million	No people	Fiji, New Zealand
11	08 Apr 2026 00:00	148	4 million	No people	Fiji, New Zealand
12	08 Apr 2026 06:00	139	5.1 million	No people	Fiji, New Zealand
13	08 Apr 2026 18:00	111	810 thousand	No people	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	05 Apr 2026 00:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	-13.8, 171.8
2	05 Apr 2026 12:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	-14.9, 172.4
3	06 Apr 2026 00:00	Category 1	148	no people	no people	-15.7, 173.1
4	06 Apr 2026 06:00	Category 2	167	no people	<1000 people	-16.1, 173.6
5	06 Apr 2026 12:00	Category 2	176	no people	190000 people	-16.5, 173.8
6	06 Apr 2026 18:00	Category 2	176	no people	790000 people	-17.1, 174.4
7	07 Apr 2026 00:00	Category 3	185	no people	790000 people	-18.1, 174.8
8	07 Apr 2026 06:00	Category 3	185	no people	800000 people	-19.2, 175.3
9	07 Apr 2026 12:00	Category 2	176	no people	800000 people	-20, 175.9
10	07 Apr 2026 18:00	Category 2	167	no people	780000 people	-21.1, 177
11	08 Apr 2026 00:00	Category 1	148	no people	13000 people	-22.2, 177.4
12	08 Apr 2026 06:00	Category 1	139	no people	no people	-23.4, 177.8
13	08 Apr 2026 18:00	Tropical storm	111	no people	no people	-25.4, 178.5
13	09 Apr 2026 06:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	-26.8, 178.8
13	09 Apr 2026 18:00	Tropical storm	102	no people	no people	-28, 179
13	10 Apr 2026 06:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	no people	-29.3, 178.8
13	10 Apr 2026 18:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	no people	-30.8, 178

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
Fiji	750000 people

Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population in Tropical Storm or higher strength
Fiji	Fiji	750000 people

Populated places

Name	Country	City class	Population
Nasau	Fiji	City	-
Soso	Fiji	City	-
Navua	Fiji	City	5900 people
Suva	Fiji	Capital	200000 people
Sigatoka	Fiji	City	12000 people
Nausori	Fiji	City	32000 people
Momi	Fiji	City	-
Korovou	Fiji	City	<1000 people
Nadi	Fiji	Major city	54000 people
Levuka	Fiji	City	4700 people
Lautoka	Fiji	City	49000 people
Vatukoula	Fiji	City	10000 people
Ba	Fiji	City	20000 people
Tavua	Fiji	City	2600 people
Somosomo	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)
Kandavu	KDV	unknown				0
Vatulele	VTF	unknown				0
Moala	MFJ	unknown				0
Pacific Harbour Dueba	PHR	unknown				0
Korolevu	KVU	unknown				0
Ngau	NGI	unknown				0
Nausori	SUV	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6100
Natadola	NTA	unknown				0
Bureta Levuka Air	LEV	unknown				0
Nadi International	NAN	18	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10500
Malololailai	PTF	unknown				0
Wakaya Island	KAY	unknown				0
Ba	BFJ	unknown				0
Castaway	CST	unknown				0
Vatukoula	VAU	unknown				0
Turtle Island	TTL	unknown				0

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Kandavu Island		Fiji
Suva	FJSUV	Fiji
Levuka	FJLEV	Fiji
Vuda	FJVUD	Fiji
Lautoka	FJLTK	Fiji
Vatia	FJVAT	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

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.

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