Cook Islands Tropical Storm Event on January 11-12, 2025

WFP’s Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system provides geospatial data for a tropical storm event in the Cook Islands. The event occurred from January 11 to January 12, 2025, with the storm center located near latitude -21.9 and longitude -158.8. The dataset is available in SHP and CSV formats and was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map the storm's geographic impact area based on the provided center coordinates.
• Analyze temporal patterns of storm events in the South Pacific region.
• Integrate storm location data with socio-economic layers for vulnerability assessment as mentioned in the ADAM system description.

Strengths

• Specific event date range (Jan 11 2025-Jan 12 2025) is provided.
• Precise storm center coordinates (latitude -21.9, longitude -158.8) are included.
• Data originates from WFP's operational ADAM system for disaster analysis.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size 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 WFP's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping system following a sudden-onset humanitarian emergency.

Time Range

January 11, 2025 to January 12, 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 22:04:35.930126; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cook Islands, with storm center near latitude -21.9, longitude -158.8