ADAM: Tropical Cyclone Event Data for Cocos (Keeling) Islands, December 2025

Cocos (Keeling) Islands experienced a Category 1 tropical cyclone between December 18 and 26, 2025, with the storm center near latitude -11.9, longitude 91.4. The dataset is produced by the World Food Programme's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system for humanitarian emergency response. It was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map the spatial footprint of a tropical cyclone based on the provided storm center coordinates.
• Analyze the duration and intensity of a storm event for a specific island territory.
• Support post-disaster needs assessment by integrating this event data with socio-economic layers.
• Model potential humanitarian impacts of tropical cyclones in remote island regions.

Strengths

• Data originates from WFP's operational ADAM system, suggesting an authoritative source for humanitarian geospatial information.
• Provides precise geographic coordinates (-11.9, 91.4) and a defined time period (Dec 18-26, 2025) for the event.
• Available under an open license (CC-BY-SA-4.0) for reuse and redistribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping

Collection Method

Collected, analyzed, and mapped by the Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system.

Time Range

Event period: December 18, 2025 to December 26, 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 22:10:24.268792; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cocos (Keeling) Islands, with a specific event location at latitude -11.9, longitude 91.4.