Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for GRETEL-20
in Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, New Zealand

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone GRETEL-20 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000661
Name GRETEL-20
From - To 14 Mar - 16 Mar
Exposed countries Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, New Zealand
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 102 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge 0.3 m (15 Mar 10:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (New Caledonia)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 93 km/h 0.3 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 119 km/h 0.8 m 307 mm 0.5
GFS 137 km/h 0.5 m 333 mm 0.5
ECMWF 115 km/h 0.4 m 413 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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New Caledonia - Tropical Cyclone GRETEL (ECHO 16 Mar 2020)Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:59

  • After the passage of Tropical Cyclone GRETEL off the Caledonian coast on 15-16 March, significant damage has been reported across New Caledonia.
  • National authorities report one injury in Grande Terre, and main roads and infrastructure damaged across the islands. Schools will remain closed on 16 March and flights cancelled or delayed.
  • GRETEL is forecast to continue south-east before dissipating on 16 March. Heavy rain will affect most of Grande Terre, Mare and Ouvea islands over the next 24 hours.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 4 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

NASA finds Gretel becoming extra-tropicalMon, 16 Mar 2020 17:24:00 +0100.

IMAGE: On March 16, the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Terra satellite took this image of Tropical Cyclone Gretel and showed a transitioning storm northwest of New Zealand. Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview. NASA's Terra satellite
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Gretel - Southern Pacific OceanMon, 16 Mar 2020 16:48:00 +0100.

Mar. 16, 2020 – NASA Finds Gretel Becoming Extra-Tropical. NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Southern Pacific Ocean and captured an image of Tropical Storm Gretel as it was transitioning into an extra-tropical cyclone, northwest of New
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Les réseaux éléctriques en cours de diagnostic par EEC après le passag ... Mon, 16 Mar 2020 02:01:00 +0100.

Le distributeur d'électricité EEC informe, à 11 heures ce lundi 16 mars, du point de situation sur les concessions confiées à sa gestion. Actuellement, les équipes de EEC procèdent à des visites de lignes avant de pouvoir effectuer la remis
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Gretel : EEC déclenche son plan cycloneSun, 15 Mar 2020 03:36:00 +0100.

En raison de l'arrivée de la dépression Gretel, EEC a décidé d'activer son plan cyclone. Ainsi, la cellule cyclone d’EEC a été mise en place et assure une permanence au 05.36.36 (Numéro vert) pour recueillir toute information. Pour rappel,
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),