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mitty14u2

(1,015 posts) Sat Feb 20, 2016, 01:12 PM Feb 2016

Cyclone Winston: strongest ever southern hemisphere storm hits Fiji

Source: theguardian.com/australia-news

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/20/cyclone-winston-virgin-australia-and-jetstar-cancel-services-to-and-from-fiji

A state of emergency has been declared in Fiji as tropical Cyclone Winston made landfall on the country’s main island, with estimated wind gusts of up to 195mph (315km/h).

The category five storm is thought to be the strongest ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, and is the strongest Fiji has ever experienced.

An elderly man from Nabasovi, Koro Island is reported to have died as a result of the storm. Fiji Disaster Management Committee (DISMAC) officer Vatia Vasuca told FBC news the man died after a roof top fell on him.

Save the Children Fiji’s CEO, Iris Low-McKenzie, said the storm had the potential to cause “catastrophic damage” across Fiji, an island nation frequented by hundreds of thousands of holiday-goers every year. “We’re extremely concerned about the impact this will have on children, who are particularly vulnerable during emergencies,” she said.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/20/cyclone-winston-virgin-australia-and-jetstar-cancel-services-to-and-from-fiji

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Cyclone Winston: strongest ever southern hemisphere storm hits Fiji (Original Post) mitty14u2 Feb 2016 OP

I was just reading about this, how horrible hollysmom Feb 2016 #1

Wait, wait! dobleremolque Feb 2016 #2

3 deep earthquakes also just hit the area down there.... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #3

200MPH wind gusts reported. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #4

Story updated at link: Cyclone Winston: southern hemisphere's strongest storm devastates Fiji island Eugene Feb 2016 #5

Fiji gets hammered and the U.S. media can't keep it's eyes of Trump. hunter Feb 2016 #6

Cyclone Winston: Clean-up begins as death toll jumps to 20 muriel_volestrangler Feb 2016 #7

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)

1. I was just reading about this, how horrible

Reply to mitty14u2 (Original post)

Sat Feb 20, 2016, 01:18 PM

Feb 2016

when you put the rising seas with an island nature, they are so vulnerable.

So far one person died, but a lot of villages were completely destroyed and may not be in contact.

dobleremolque

(492 posts)

2. Wait, wait!

Reply to mitty14u2 (Original post)

Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:00 PM

Feb 2016

Has anyone interviewed Kanye and Kim to see what THEY think about this? Is the MSM asleep at the switch??

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

3. 3 deep earthquakes also just hit the area down there....

Reply to mitty14u2 (Original post)

Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:36 PM

Feb 2016

says Breaking News site.

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)

4. 200MPH wind gusts reported.

Reply to mitty14u2 (Original post)

Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:38 PM

Feb 2016

Eugene

(61,939 posts)

5. Story updated at link: Cyclone Winston: southern hemisphere's strongest storm devastates Fiji island

Reply to mitty14u2 (Original post)

Sat Feb 20, 2016, 08:06 PM

Feb 2016

Source: The Guardian and agencies

Cyclone Winston: southern hemisphere's strongest storm devastates Fiji islands

At least one person is dead on the island of Koro and entire villages are feared
destroyed as Fiji wakes to scenes of destruction left by the category five cyclone

Nadia Khomami and agencies
Saturday 20 February 2016 22.52 GMT

At least one person is dead and entire villages are feared destroyed after the worst tropical cyclone in Fiji’s history.

Fijians, tourists and aid workers have awakened to scenes of utter destruction after a category five cyclone battered the South Pacific nation with wind gusts as strong as 325km/h and waves up to 12m high.

“The scale of the destruction is absolutely massive and it’s still far too early to tell just how many people’s homes and livelihoods have been devastated by this storm,” Australian Red Cross aid worker Susan Slattery told AAP from Suva.

“That will become much clearer over the next 24 hours and our first priority is to make sure people are safe and have the short-term assistance they need.”

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hunter

(38,325 posts)

6. Fiji gets hammered and the U.S. media can't keep it's eyes of Trump.

Reply to mitty14u2 (Original post)

Sun Feb 21, 2016, 12:48 AM

Feb 2016

It's unreal...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35623944

In a hundred years nobody is going to give a shit about Donald Trump, but global warming will be smacking everyone about. Everywhere will be Fiji or Syria or Ethiopia or any of the many places the impacts of global warming are already causing pain.

Our war against nature is a war this world economy will lose.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,355 posts)

7. Cyclone Winston: Clean-up begins as death toll jumps to 20

Reply to mitty14u2 (Original post)

Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:13 PM

Feb 2016

A clean-up operation has begun after the most severe cyclone to hit Fiji in living memory killed at least 20.

Rescue workers said that number could rise as some of the worst-hit outlying islands have yet to be reached.

Thousands are now in evacuation centres while many parts of the country remain without power.

Cyclone Winston, which hit over the weekend, brought winds of over 320km/h (200mph), torrential rain, and waves of up to 12m (40ft).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35628181

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