Cyclone Harold tears through Vanuatu, bears toward Fiji
07 April, 2020
Tropical Cyclone Harold lashed the South Pacific island of Vanuatu for another day on Tuesday, ripping away roofs and downing telecommunications, and was shifting towards Fiji where it is likely to slightly weaken.
The powerful cyclone made landfall on Monday in Sana province, an island north of Vanuatu's capital Interface Vila, with winds as high as 235 kilometers one hour knocking out communications overnight, according to reports by the government's disaster and weather bureaus.
The province of Sana sits on the biggest of Vanuatu's 80 islands and houses its second-virtually all populous city, Luganville, where photos circulated on social media purported to show buildings flattened by the storm.
The winds blew roofs off houses, tore straight down trees and destroyed a council building in Luganville, that includes a population of 16,000, according to a Radio New Zealand report.
Vanuatu's National Disaster Management Office said in a good social media content that officials were likely to survey the area later in your day to examine the damage.
Gusts were likely to drop to 110 km each hour (68 mph) seeing that the machine tracks south east from Vanuatu down the road Tuesday, and techniques Fiji, Vanuatu's climate bureau said.
Fijian authorities issued a tropical cyclone alert for a few of its southern islands.
Cyclone Harold is likely to skirt the primary island of Viti Levu, approaching around 230 km from the main transfer hub of Nadi, about 6:00 a good.m on Wednesday (1800 GMT Tuesday), Fiji's climate bureau said.
The alert was in force for islands further south including Lomaiviti and the Southern Lau Group. A solid wind warning and harming hefty swell warnings are set up for the united states. Fiji's meteorological bureau as well warned of the chance of flash floods.
Source: www.thejakartapost.com
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