Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for RITA-19
in Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
26 Nov 2019 18 UTC
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  • GDACS JTWC
Impact Single TC
Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

    Tropical Cyclone RITA-19 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed,exposed population and vulnerability.

    Meteorological source GDACS
    Exposed countries Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
    Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
    Maximum wind speed 130 km/h
    Maximum storm surge 0.1 m (27 Nov 05:00 UTC)
    Vulnerability High (Solomon Is.)

    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 65 km/h 0.1 m n.a. 0.5
    Overall 130 km/h 0.1 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

      65 km/h Current Max.

      Up to 79000 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
        Green 1 24 Nov 2019 00:00 130 30 thousand No people Solomon Islands
        Green 2 24 Nov 2019 06:00 111 30 thousand No people Solomon Islands
        Green 3 24 Nov 2019 12:00 120 30 thousand No people Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
        Green 4 24 Nov 2019 18:00 111 60 thousand No people Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
        Green 5 25 Nov 2019 00:00 130 70 thousand No people Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
        Green 6 25 Nov 2019 06:00 130 120 thousand No people Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
        Green 7 25 Nov 2019 12:00 111 100 thousand No people Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
        Green 8 25 Nov 2019 18:00 111 50 thousand No people Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
        Green 9 26 Nov 2019 00:00 93 30 thousand No people Solomon Islands
        Green 10 26 Nov 2019 06:00 74 60 thousand No people Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
        Green 11 26 Nov 2019 12:00 65 70 thousand No people Vanuatu, Solomon Islands
        Green 12 26 Nov 2019 18:00 65 80 thousand No people Vanuatu, Solomon Islands

        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 24 Nov 2019 00:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 10000 people -10.2, 168.2 Solomon Islands
          GREEN
          		 2 24 Nov 2019 06:00 Tropical storm 74 no people 26000 people -10.2, 169 Solomon Islands
          GREEN
          		 3 24 Nov 2019 12:00 Tropical storm 102 no people no people -10.6, 169.1
          GREEN
          		 4 24 Nov 2019 18:00 Tropical storm 102 no people no people -11.2, 169.3
          GREEN
          		 5 25 Nov 2019 00:00 Category 1 120 no people no people -11.8, 169.7
          GREEN
          		 6 25 Nov 2019 06:00 Category 1 120 no people no people -12.3, 170.3
          GREEN
          		 7 25 Nov 2019 12:00 Tropical storm 111 no people no people -12.6, 170.3
          GREEN
          		 8 25 Nov 2019 18:00 Tropical storm 111 no people no people -13.4, 170.2
          GREEN
          		 9 26 Nov 2019 00:00 Tropical storm 93 no people no people -14.2, 170
          GREEN
          		 10 26 Nov 2019 06:00 Tropical storm 74 no people no people -14.1, 169.6
          GREEN
          		 11 26 Nov 2019 12:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 30000 people -14.4, 169.6 Vanuatu
          GREEN
          		 12 26 Nov 2019 18:00 Tropical storm 65 no people 53000 people -14.8, 168.9 Vanuatu
          GREEN
          		 12 27 Nov 2019 06:00 Tropical depression 56 no people no people -15.4, 168.5 Vanuatu
          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
          Vanuatu
          Solomon Is.

          Provinces

          Region Province Country
          Vanuatu Vanuatu
          Solomon Is. Solomon Islands

          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)
          Maewo MWF unknown 0
          Sara SSR unknown 0
          Longana LOD unknown 0
          Redcliffe RCL unknown 0
          Walaha WLH unknown 0
          Ulei ULB unknown 0
          Santa Cruz SCZ unknown 0

          Ports

          Name LOCODE Country
          Maewo Island Vanuatu
          Pentecost Island Vanuatu
          Ambryn Island Vanuatu
          Peu Soloman Islands
          Graciosa Bay Soloman 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

          0.1 m

          The maximum Storm surge height is  0.1m in Lolowai, Vanuatu. This height is estimated for 27 Nov 2019 05:00 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 (2 locations). Calculation based on advisory number 12 of 26 Nov 2019 18:00:00 UTC. (Simulation using 0.5 minute resolution)

          Alert Date (UTC) Name Country Storm surge height (m)
          27 Nov 2019 05:00 Lolowai Vanuatu  0.1
          27 Nov 2019 05:00 Narovorovo Vanuatu  0.1