Wednesday, February 17, 2016

RED alert: Cyclone WINSTON-16 inTonga : 0 people in Cat1(120km/h)

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Date: Feb 17, 2016 10:20 AM
Subject: RED alert: Cyclone WINSTON-16 inTonga : 0 people in Cat1(120km/h)
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Red alert for Tropical Cyclone WINSTON-16

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Legend: areas affected by winds of 39mph (green), 58mph (orange) and 74mph (red); shaded area is uncertainty cone of forecasted cyclone path.

Legend: areas affected by winds of 39mph (green), 58mph (orange) and 74mph (red); blue area is heavy rainfall >100mm/6hr (source: eTRaP)

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Legend: areas affected by storm surge <1m (red), >1m (yellow) (source: JRC)

Alert level

The alert level for the forecasted track (next 72h) is Red.

The overall alert level is Red for

This tropical cyclone can have a high humanitarian impact based on the storm strength and the affected population in the past and forecasted path.

Please see methodology for more explanations on thresholds.

In particular are affected by high winds up to 212.96 (59.16 m/s or 132.33mph).

Current Storm Status

Analysis based on advisory number 18 for WINSTON-16, published on 17 Feb 2016 12:00

The storm is: active
Current country: Niue, Tonga, Vanuatu
Current position: Lat:-17.5 Lon:-171
Alert level at current position: Red
Basin:
Current strength: Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph
Current maximum sustained wind speed: 59.16

GDACS report created on 17 Feb 2016 19:18.

For a more complete report including information on storm surge and extreme rainfall, please go to http://www.gdacs.org/Cyclones/report.aspx?eventid=1000252&episodeid=18&eventtype=TC.

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Information related to the track has been collected from the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre and NOAA National Hurricane Center . The impact analysis is performed by the Joint Research Center of the European Commission.

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