Description
Activation time (UTC): 2020-12-18 09:09:00
Event time (UTC): 2020-12-17 07:00:00
Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)
Activation reason:
Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Yasa, the second major tropical cyclone to make landfall this year, hit Fiji’s second largest island – Vanua Levu – on 17 December unleashing winds as high as 350 km/h. While it was fast approaching Suva in the South-East of the main island Viti Levu, it passed at around 130 km from Suva, weakening on 18 December rapidly into a category 4 system at 6am and further downgraded into a category 3 system at 9am. The TC Yasa is currently heading towards Tonga. Samoa has also reported damages due to floods.
Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 10
Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR489 |
Tags
- emergency-management
- emergency
- copernicus-service
- copernicus
- copernicus-emergency-management-service-rapid-mapping-activation
- emsr489
- fiji
- cems
- copernicus-emergency-management-service
- rapid-mapping
- storm
- fji
- mapping
- copernicus-ems
Topics
- REGI
- TECH