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Tropical Cyclone HAROLD in Vanuatu (2020-04-06)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2020-04-06 16:36:00
Event time (UTC): 2020-04-06 00:00:00
Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)

Activation reason:
A new Tropical Cyclone named HAROLD formed over the Solomon Sea, started moving east toward the Solomon Islands, continued moving south-east over the Coral Sea and made landfall over the southwest coast of Espiritu Santo Island (north Vanuatu) on 6 April around 0.00 UTC, with maximum sustained winds up to 215 km/h. On the forecast track, HAROLD is expected to continue moving south-east over southern Espiritu Santo, Malo and Pentecost Islands on 6 April in the morning (UTC). Over the next 24 hours, heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge are forecast over Vanuatu, as well as over Fiji starting from 7 April.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 5

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Contact

Email
jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2020): Tropical Cyclone HAROLD in Vanuatu (2020-04-06). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/9b2ffdab-c986-47b3-91b6-d999e518dc04

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR434 Mapping Storm Vanuatu VUT Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR434]: Tropical Cyclone HAROLD in Vanuatu (2020-04-06)
Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice 
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  • All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

Spatial coverage

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Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2021-04-19
Modified date
2021-04-19
Issued date
2020-04-06
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR434 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/9b2ffdab-c986-47b3-91b6-d999e518dc04
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