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31 Dec 2001

Fiji + 1 other
South Pacific: Tropical cyclone 07P (Waka) warning Nr 006

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— Joint Typhoon Warning Center
WTPS31 PGTW 311500

1. TROPICAL CYCLONE 07P (WAKA) WARNING NR 006
01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN SOUTHPAC
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE

WARNING POSITION:
311200Z7 --- NEAR 18.3S2 174.2W4
MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 165 DEGREES AT 10 KTS
POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 060 NM
POSITION BASED ON CENTER LOCATED BY SATELLITE

PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION:
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 100 KT, GUSTS 125 KT
RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 050 NM
RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 160 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT
160 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT
135 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT

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31 Dec 2001

Fiji + 3 others
South Pacific cyclone intensifies - Tonga at risk

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— Agence France-Presse
AUCKLAND, Dec 31 (AFP) - Tonga was warned Monday that a powerful cyclone was intensifying and would bring "phenomenal seas" and destructive winds.

Cyclone Waka formed Sunday between Samoa and Fiji, close to the French islands of Wallis and Futuna.

The Honolulu-based Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC) said at midnight (1200 Sunday GMT) Waka was at 14.2 south latitude, 175.8 west with sustained winds of 167 kilometres per hour (kph) (90 knots), gusting to 204 kph (110 knots).

They warn it will intensify to gusts

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30 Dec 2001

Fiji + 3 others
Severe cyclone bearing down on South Pacific islands

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— Agence France-Presse
AUCKLAND, Dec 30 (AFP) - A cyclone, named Waka, formed Sunday between Samoa and Fiji and appeared to be on course for the Kingdom of Tonga, the Honolulu-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center warned.

Satellite imagery showed the centre of Waka to be 370 kilometres (230 miles) west of the Samoan capital of Apia, near the French island of Wallis, at about 0000 GMT.

It was moving almost due south with its current course projecting it to hit the low-lying Tongan capital of Nuku'alofa on Tuesday. It was also expected to pass over Fiji's Lau Group of islands.

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15 Nov 2001

Bangladesh + 18 others
Asia: Ongoing mitigation initiatives fact sheet #1 (FY02)

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— US Agency for International Development


U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)

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06 Mar 2001

Fiji + 1 other
Vanuatu and Fiji Islands - Tropical Cyclone Paula OCHA Situation Report No. 2

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2001/0057
OCHA Situation Report No. 2
Vanuatu and Fiji Islands - Tropical Cyclone Paula
6 March 2001

The Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) and the Fiji National Disaster Management Centre (DISMAC) provided the following information, through the OCHA Regional Disaster Response Advisor for the Pacific in Suva, Fiji.

Situation and Damage in Vanuatu

1. Tropical Cyclone PAULA passed through Vanuatu from Northwest to Southeast during 28 February to 1 March. Following aerial reconnaissance on 2 March the Vanuatu Government declared Malampa

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01 Mar 2001

Fiji + 1 other
Vanuatu and Fiji Islands - Tropical Cyclone Paula OCHA Situation Report No. 1

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2001/0053
OCHA Situation Report No. 1
Vanuatu and Fiji Islands - Tropical Cyclone Paula
28 February - 1 March 2001

The Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) and Fiji Meteorological Service provided the following information, through the OCHA Disaster Response Advisor for the Pacific in Suva, Fiji.

Situation and Damage in Vanuatu

1. Tropical Cyclone PAULA formed to the Northwest of the Torres Islands on 26 February 2001. It strengthened rapidly then crossed the Western side of the Vanuatu Islands from the Northwest

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28 Feb 2001

Fiji
Fiji goes on cyclone alert as Paula picks up punch

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— Agence France-Presse
AUCKLAND, Feb 28 (AFP) - Vanuatu was Wednesday being battered and Fiji was on alert as tropical Cyclone Paula continued to intensify.

Regional weather services say Paula, which was Wednesday west of Vanuatu in the Coral Sea, was moving to the southeast and intensifying.

In the cyclones path, between New Zealand and New Caledonia, are seven yachts with 39 people aboard who are part of a Greenpeace protest against shipments of nuclear fuel between Europe and Japan.

Fijis weather office earlier Wednesday declared a cyclone alert, warning the countrys west to expect strong and

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