Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for CODY-22
in Fiji

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone CODY-22 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000856
Name CODY-22
From - To 08 Jan - 13 Jan
Exposed countries Fiji
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 93 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 0.2 m (10 Jan 19:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Fiji)

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC n.a 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 108 km/h 0.8 m 751 mm 0.5
GFS 119 km/h 0.8 m 522 mm 0.5
ECMWF 101 km/h 0.7 m 899 mm 0.5
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Fiji - Tropical Storm CODY (ECHO 10 Jan 2022)Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:49

  • A new tropical depression named CODY formed over the South Pacific Ocean, west of Fiji, on 8 January and started moving south-east over the Ocean. On 10 January at 0.00 UTC its centre was located offshore approximately 255 km south-west of Viti Levu Island (Fiji), with maximum sustained winds of 74 km/h (tropical storm).
  • Media report, as of 10 January, one fatality in Tavua Town (northern Viti Levu) and a number of evacuated people in northern and western Viti Levu (particularly in the Nadi City area) due to floods associated with the passage of CODY.
  • On the forecast track, CODY is expected to continue southward over the Ocean as a tropical storm, well off the coast of Fiji, and it is forecast to dissipate on 14 January.
  • Over the next 24 hours, heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast over the whole country. The Fiji Meteorological Service has issued an orange warning for gales over the whole Viti Levu.
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