https://unitar.org/unosat/node/44/2866 Tue, 12 Mar 2019 17:34:00 +0100 Tropical Storm "IDAI 19" formed in the Mozambique Channel on March 9, 2019 as the 10th named storm of the 2018/19 Southwest Indian Ocean cyclone season. The cyclone is expected to reach Category 4 hurricane equivalent and make landfall over Mozambique coastlines Thursday, March 14. Tropical Cyclone IDAI is moving south-southwest over the northern Mozambique Channel, strengthening. As of 11 March its centre was located approximately 120 km north-west of Maintirano (Mahajanga Province, western Madagascar) with maximum sustained winds of 167 km/h. IDAI is now at such an intensity that she can have a high humanitarian impact as by GDACS assessment. This is based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability. Based on data of the expected tropical cyclone path IDAI, wind speeds zones from Joint Research Centre (Issued on 12 March 2019 00:00 UTC), and population data from WorldPop 2015, UNITAR-UNOSAT conducted a population exposure analysis for Mozambique. About 6%, 3% and 10% of population of Vanuatu living inside wind speed zone of 120 km/h, 90 km/h and 60 km/h accordingly. 1000226 TC20190311MOZ UNOSAT@UNITAR.ORG (UNOSAT) TC https://unosat-maps.web.cern.ch/unosat-maps/MZ/TC20190312MOZ/UNOSAT_A3_TC20190312MOZ_Population_Exposure Analysis_Cyclone_IDAI19_20190312_1.jpg http://unitar.org/unosat/node/44/2866 -19.82969 33.045963 -16.976666 33.045963 -16.976666 40.114648 -19.82969 40.114648 -19.82969 33.045963 -16.976666 33.045963 unosat