Tropical Storm Event in Cocos (Keeling) Islands, March 2025

Cocos (Keeling) Islands experienced a tropical storm from March 18 to March 20, 2025. The dataset, produced by the World Food Programme's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system, provides geospatial information on the event, with the storm center located near latitude -14.4, longitude 96.3. It was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Map the storm's geographic footprint based on the provided center coordinates.
• Analyze the temporal progression of the event based on the documented period.
• Integrate with socio-economic data for vulnerability assessment as suggested by the ADAM system's purpose.

Strengths

• Specific event location provided with latitude and longitude coordinates.
• Clear temporal coverage for the storm event from March 18 to March 20, 2025.
• Data originates from WFP's operational ADAM system for disaster analysis.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)

Collection Method

Collected, analyzed, and mapped by an automated system following a sudden-onset humanitarian emergency.

Time Range

2025-03-18 to 2025-03-20

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 22:04:30.690487; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cocos (Keeling) Islands, centered near latitude -14.4, longitude 96.3