Overall Green Tropical Cyclone alert for CARLOS-17 in Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands from 04 Feb 2017 12:00 UTC to 11 Feb 2017 12:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for CARLOS-17

in Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone CARLOS-17 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1000336
Name	CARLOS-17
From - To	04 Feb - 11 Feb
Exposed countries	Miscellaneous (French) Indian Ocean Islands
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	148 km/h Category 1
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability	Medium (Reunion)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS JTWC	83 km/h	0 m	n.a.	0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
GFS	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
ECMWF	n.a	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

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