Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – ECHO Daily map | 05/05/2017 Vanuatu, New Caledonia - Tropical Cyclone DONNA

4 May, 18.00 UTC SITUATION 157 km/h sust. winds • Tropical Cyclone DONNA continued moving west- VANUATU southwest strengthening and passing north of the 5 May, 0.00 UTC Torres islands (Torba province, Vanuatu) on 4 May NEW 157 km/h sust. winds evening (UTC). On 5 May at 6.00 UTC it center was CALEDONIA TORBA located approx. 110 km south-west of Hiw island AUSTRALIA (Torres islands) and it had max. sustained winds speed (Pop. 9 359) of 157 km/h. 5 May, 6.00 UTC • Over the next 48 h it is forecast to keep moving south- 167 km/h sust. winds west with turning to the south-east on 6 May, NEW strengthening further. Its center is forecast to move ZEALAND o over open sea between Vanuatu and New Caledonia from 5-11 May. Heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge may affect the provinces of Torba, Penama, Sanma and Malampa during 5-7 May as well as the South Vanuatu group during 7-10 May. Heavy rain and strong winds may affect Loyalty Islands over 9-10 May. 6 May, 18.00 UTC SANMA 194 km/h sust. winds PENAMA Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department (Pop. 45 860) (VMGD), as of 5 May at 14.00 UTC, reported a Red (Pop. 30 819) o Alert for Severe Tropical Cyclone in effect for Torba while a Yellow Alert is in effect for Sanma and Malampa. They also reported, as of the same date, that flash flooding is expected in Torba, Sanma, Penama and 7 May, 6.00 UTC Malampa. PACIFIC OCEAN 213 km/h sust. winds • According to local media, as of 5 May at 8.00 UTC, hundreds of people have been evacuated in the islands of Banks and Torres (Torba province) and several MALAMPA schools have been damaged in Vanu Lava Island (Pop. 36 724) (Torba).

SHEFA Sources: GDACS, JTWC, VMGD, Local media. (Pop. 78 721) 8 May, 6.00 UTC RAINFALL 213 km/h sust. winds ACCUMULATION (5-10 May: NOAA/HWRF) o > 500 mm TROPICAL CYCLONE 250 – 500o mm Observed position 100 – 250 mm TAFEA 50 – 100 mm Forecast position (Pop. 32 540) 25 – 50 mm INTENSITY

63 - 118 km/h 9 May, 6.00 UTC > 118 km/h 148 km/h sust. winds

WIND BUFFER o o PACIFIC > 118 km/h OCEAN 93-118 km/h NORTHERN 63-92 km/h PROVINCE (Pop. 50 487) STORM SURGE o LOYALTY JRC Calculations o o ISLANDS < 1 m (Pop. 18 297) 10 May, 6.00 UTC National Capital o 74 km/h sust. winds Province city o o Airport Province boundary o SOUTHERN PROVINCE o (Pop. 199 983)