Severe Tropical Cyclone Ian reaching the top intensity Category 5 is affecting Tonga over the South Pacific. The satellite image clearly shows the eye. Destructive winds of up to 290km/h, heavy rain and flooding should be affected the region as the slow moving tropical cyclone passes over.
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Tropical Cyclone Category 5 Tonga January 11th 2014
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As we anticipated, lots of damage reports over Tonga with Tropical Cyclone Ian! Let's hope that the death toll is not substantial.
Widespread destruction and now it seems there are quite a few islands that may have been devastated by a storm surge due to their low lying nature.