Tropical Cyclone ENAWO-17 in Madagascar (2017-03-07)

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2017-03-07 15:00:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-03-07 16:00:00
Event type: Wind storm

Activation reason:
Tropical storm ENAWO-17 has formed in the Southern Indian Ocean north-east of Madagascar. It is moving south-west and is currently foreseen to make landfall early 7 March on the north-eastern coast of Madagascar as a very intense cyclone, with extreme rainfalls and maximum storm surge height of one meter. ENAWO-17 is predicted to have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, the potentially affected population (up to one million people) and their vulnerability.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 2
Grading products: 12

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Resources

Name Format Description Link
61 https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR197

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  • emergency-management
  • emergency
  • copernicus-service
  • copernicus
  • wind-storm
  • mdg
  • copernicus-emergency-management-service-rapid-mapping-activation
  • emsr197
  • cems
  • copernicus-emergency-management-service
  • rapid-mapping
  • madagascar
  • mapping
  • copernicus-ems

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