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Enlarged track of Cyclone Pam between 12 and 14 March depicting its path in relation to the islands of Vanuatu According to UNICEF , at least 132,000 people have been impacted by Tropical Cyclone Pam, of whom 54,000 are children. [ 37 ]
Severe Cyclone Lola, packing winds equivalent to that of a major hurricane, rolled through Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean earlier this week, leaving behind a trail of destruction.Now a tropical ...
The Vanuatu Meteorology Department said Lola's central winds were estimated to be over 100 mph (165 km/hr) on Tuesday, making Severe Cyclone Lola the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane on the ...
Cyclone Kevin approaching Vanuatu on 3 March At 21:00 UTC that same day, 09F strengthened into a Category 1 tropical cyclone in the Australian scale, with the FMS naming it as Kevin . [ 37 ] The JTWC subsequently followed suit and initiated advisories on the system. [ 38 ]
This strengthening low can become a cyclone over the weekend, according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Jason Nicholls. Fiji, Vanuatu may be threatened by first South Pacific tropical cyclone ...
The strongest tropical cyclones to exist during the off-season in terms of wind speed was Severe Tropical Cyclone Donna of 2017 and Severe Tropical Cyclone Lola of 2023, with maximum 10–minute sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h), while the most intense by central pressure was Severe Tropical Cyclone Xavier of 2006, with a minimum value of ...
PORT VILA, Vanuatu (AP) -- Relief workers saw a flattened landscape and widespread destruction in Vanuatu's outer islands Tuesday after struggling for days to reach the areas of the South Pacific ...
Cyclone Nigel was the second of three tropical cyclones to affect Vanuatu within a week, and the second of five tropical cyclones to impact Vanuatu in 1985. [6] Nigel affected the islands of Espiritu Santo, Ambae, Maewo and Pentecost between January 17 and 18, and was thought to have caused more damage than Cyclone Eric.