Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for JOSIE-18 in Fiji from 31 Mar 2018 12:00 UTC to 01 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for JOSIE-18

in Fiji

01 Apr 2018 00 UTC

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Meteorological source:

GDACS JTWC

Impact Single TC

Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

Tropical Cyclone JOSIE-18 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

Meteorological source	GDACS
Exposed countries	Fiji
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	130 km/h
Maximum storm surge	0.2 m (31 Mar 18:00 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	93 km/h	0.2 m	n.a.	0.5
Overall	130 km/h	0.2 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 830000 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	31 Mar 2018 12:00	130	830 thousand	No people	Fiji, Tonga
2	31 Mar 2018 18:00	102	830 thousand	No people	Fiji, Tonga
3	01 Apr 2018 00:00	93	830 thousand	No people	Fiji, Tonga

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	31 Mar 2018 12:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	740000 people	-18.5, 175.9	Fiji
2	31 Mar 2018 18:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	740000 people	-19, 177.1	Fiji
3	01 Apr 2018 00:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	730000 people	-19.7, 177.1	Fiji
3	01 Apr 2018 12:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	320000 people	-20.3, 178	Fiji
3	02 Apr 2018 00:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	87000 people	-20.8, 178.6	Fiji
3	02 Apr 2018 12:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	15000 people	-22, 179.3	Fiji
3	03 Apr 2018 00:00	Tropical storm	83	no people	84000 people	-23, 180	Tonga
3	04 Apr 2018 00:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	84000 people	-25.2, -178.2	Tonga
3	05 Apr 2018 00:00	Tropical storm	74	no people	no people	-28.2, -174.9
3	06 Apr 2018 00:00	Tropical storm	93	no people	no people	-31.2, -172.4

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
Tonga

Provinces

Region Province	Country
Fiji	Fiji
Tonga	Tonga

Populated places

Name	Country	City class	Population
Nasau	Fiji	City	-
Soso	Fiji	City	-
Sigatoka	Fiji	City	12000 people
Momi	Fiji	City	-
Navua	Fiji	City	5900 people
Nadi	Fiji	Major city	54000 people
Suva	Fiji	Capital	200000 people
Lautoka	Fiji	City	49000 people
Nausori	Fiji	City	32000 people
Ba	Fiji	City	20000 people
Vatukoula	Fiji	City	10000 people
Korovou	Fiji	City	<1000 people
Tavua	Fiji	City	2600 people
Somosomo	Fiji	City	-
Levuka	Fiji	City	4700 people
Nuku'alofa	Tonga	Capital	24000 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)
Kandavu	KDV	unknown				0
Vatulele	VTF	unknown				0
Korolevu	KVU	unknown				0
Natadola	NTA	unknown				0
Pacific Harbour Dueba	PHR	unknown				0
Malololailai	PTF	unknown				0
Nadi International	NAN	18	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10500
Castaway	CST	unknown				0
Nausori	SUV	5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6100
Ba	BFJ	unknown				0
Vatukoula	VAU	unknown				0
Bureta Levuka Air	LEV	unknown				0
Ngau	NGI	unknown				0
Wakaya Island	KAY	unknown				0
Turtle Island	TTL	unknown				0
Moala	MFJ	unknown				0
Ono-I-Lau	ONU	unknown				0
Fua'amotu International	TBU	38	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8700
Eua Kaufana	EUA	unknown				0

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country
Kandavu Island		Fiji
Suva	FJSUV	Fiji
Vuda	FJVUD	Fiji
Lautoka	FJLTK	Fiji
Vatia	FJVAT	Fiji
Levuka	FJLEV	Fiji
Ata Island		Tonga
Nuku'alofa	TOTBU	Tonga
Eua Island		Tonga

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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

0.2 m

The maximum Storm surge height is 0.2m in Lautoka, Fiji. This height is estimated for 31 Mar 2018 18:00 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 (16 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 3 of 01 Apr 2018 00:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 2 minute resolution)

Alert	Date (UTC)	Name	Country	Storm surge height (m)
	31 Mar 2018 18:00	Lautoka	Fiji	0.2
	31 Mar 2018 17:00	Namaka	Fiji	0.2
	31 Mar 2018 16:00	Solevu	Fiji	0.1
	31 Mar 2018 18:00	Yangganga	Fiji	0.1
	31 Mar 2018 18:00	Nawailevu	Fiji	0.1
	31 Mar 2018 18:00	Bouwanga	Fiji	0.1
	31 Mar 2018 18:00	Taunovo	Fiji	0.1
	31 Mar 2018 16:00	Momi	Fiji	0.1
	31 Mar 2018 19:00	Tavua	Fiji	0.1
	31 Mar 2018 19:00	Nalauwaki	Fiji	0.1
	31 Mar 2018 16:00	Soso	Fiji	0.1
	31 Mar 2018 16:00	Somosomo	Fiji	0.1
	31 Mar 2018 19:00	Naingani	Fiji	0.1
	31 Mar 2018 19:00	Nasaga	Fiji	0.1
	31 Mar 2018 19:00	Rukuruku	Fiji	0.1
	31 Mar 2018 19:00	Lovoni	Fiji	0.1

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