Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for IRENE-23 in Vanuatu, New Caledonia from 18 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 12:00

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Overall Green Tropical Cyclone for IRENE-23

in Vanuatu, New Caledonia

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone IRENE-23 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1000959
Name	IRENE-23
From - To	18 Jan - 19 Jan
Exposed countries	Vanuatu, New Caledonia
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	93 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge	0.2 m (19 Jan 02:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	Medium (New Caledonia)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS JTWC	93 km/h	0.3 m	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
GFS	104 km/h	0.9 m	591 mm	0.5
ECMWF	97 km/h	1 m	366 mm	0.5

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