From The Washington Post:
Tropical Cyclone Pam thrashes Vanuatu with direct hit as a Category 5
Tropical Cyclone Pam, a monster storm in the South Pacific, is thrashing the capital island of Vanuatu in the dead of night, in what has turned out to be the nightmare scenario for the tiny island nation that faces some of the most pressing worries from rising sea levels and climate change.
Home to around 66,000 people, the island of Efate and Vanuatu’s capital city Port Vila were enduring a direct hit from the cyclone’s eye wall Friday night, local time. Pam was forecast to track about 100 miles east of the island, which would have spared Vanuatu of the most serious impacts.
Unfortunately, the cyclone has been bucking the forecast on a more westward path for a couple of days now, and Vanuatu is paying the price as it swipes Efate at what appears to be its peak intensity.
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center has up to date information - their goes their tourism and fishing industries. Crap.
I know how long it took for Kauai to recover from Hurricane Iniki in 1992 and that was only a CAT4 when it made landfall.
Our prayers go out to those people.
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