Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for IRENE-23
in Vanuatu, New Caledonia
18 Jan 2023 12 UTC
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Impact Single TC
Impact based on all weather systems in the area

Impact

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

Meteorological source ECMWF
Exposed countries Vanuatu, New Caledonia
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 94 km/h
Maximum storm surge 0.9 m (19 Jan 00:30 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (New Caledonia)

GDACS Score

GDACS alert score for Tropical Cyclones is 0.5 (GREEN Alert), 1.5 (ORANGE Alert), 2.5 (RED Alert)
For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
ECMWF Current 94 km/h 0.9 m 271 mm 0.5
ECMWF Overall 97 km/h 1.0 m 366 mm 0.5

Maximum winds, storm surge, rainfall (Current: over the next 72 h, Overall: entire TC track)

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Wind

97 km/h

Up to 20 thousand can be affected by wind speeds of Tropical Storm strength or above



Wind exposed population - AoIs

Estimations based on the bulletin of 18 Jan 2023 12:00 UTC
CategoryCountryPopulation 
Tropical StormVanuatu, New Caledonia17,918
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Vanuatu17,081 
New Caledonia837 

See TC classification SSHS


Wind Impact Timeline

people affected <=10000
10000< people affected <=100000
people affected >100000


Alert N° Date (UTC) Max Winds (km/h) Pop in Cat. 1 or higher TS Cat. 1 Cat. 2 Cat. 3 Cat. 4 Cat. 5 Countries
GREEN 1 17 Jan 2023 12:00 65 -
- - - - - Australia
GREEN 2 18 Jan 2023 00:00 76 - - - - - - -
GREEN 3 18 Jan 2023 12:00 97 -
- - - - - Vanuatu, New Caledonia
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Impact estimation for the next 72h
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Rainfall





Rain exposed population - AoIs

Estimations based on the bulletin of 18 Jan 2023 12:00 UTC
LevelCountryPopulation 
250-500 mmVanuatu7,707 
100-250 mmPapua New Guinea, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa, Vanuatu, New Caledonia119,568
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Papua New Guinea4,865 
Vanuatu101,730 
Wallis and Futuna9,203 
Samoa174 
New Caledonia3,594 
50-100 mmPapua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, New Caledonia, Australia286,783
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Papua New Guinea155,191 
Solomon Islands507 
Vanuatu70,906 
Samoa29,662 
New Caledonia26,377 
Australia4,137 

Rain Impact Timeline

people affected <=10000
10000< people affected <=100000
people affected >100000


Alert N° Date (UTC) Max Rainfall (mm) Pop >100mm or higher 50-100 100-250 250-500 500-750 750-1000 >1000 Countries
Blue 1 17 Jan 2023 12:00 289 6 thousand
- - - - Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia
Blue 2 18 Jan 2023 00:00 418 2 thousand
- - - - Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Australia
Blue 3 18 Jan 2023 12:00 578 130 thousand
- - - Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa, New Caledonia, Australia




Impact estimation for the next 72h
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StormSurge

The calculations have been performed using NAMIDANCE computer code, from Middle East Technical University.
reference: Zaytsev, Andrey; Kurkin, Andrey; Pelinovsky, Efim; Yalciner, Ahmet C. - NUMERICAL TSUNAMI MODEL NAMI-DANCE. - Science of Tsunami Hazards . Nov2019, Vol. 38 Issue 4, p151-168. 18p.
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0.9 m

The JRC has developed an experimental global storm surge model, which is run after each advisory issued by the regional tropical cyclone centres. The calculations are published about 20 minutes after a new advisory is detected by GDACS. The calculations identify the populated places affected by storm surge up to three days in advance, using the forecasted track. When forecasts change, the associated storm surge changes too and alert levels may go up or down. All links, data, statistics and maps refer to the latest available calculation. If the calculation for the last advisory is not completed, the latest available calculation is shown.

Storm Surge Exposed population - AoIs


Storm Surge Exposed locations

Calculation based on the bulletin of 18 Jan 2023 12:00 UTC