Tonga: Cyclone Rene - Feb 2010 Updates

The Annual Tropical Cyclone Report (ATCR) is prepared by the staff of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), a jointly manned United States Air Force/Navy organization under the operational command...

This report covers the period 01/01/10 to 30/06/10. In brief Programme summary: Cross sectoral initiatives during this period include: - A dialogue with the Pacific Island Forum on potential...

NewZAID updates you in brief on key issues and events on the NZAID programme agenda. Cook Islands and Tonga battered by cyclones The Cook Islands and Tonga were hit by Cyclone Pat and Cyclone Rene on...

New Zealand Red Cross aid workers sent to Tonga and the Cook Islands following destructive cyclones returned to New Zealand today (Tuesday). Douglas Clark, now back in his home town of Dunedin, said...

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Two New Zealand Red Cross aid workers are cleaning up in the wake of cyclone Pat and Rene. Dunedin Red Cross veteran Douglas Clark and Clare Shave of Christchurch have arrived in the Pacific to...

Officials in Tonga are now warning of food shortages on some islands, in the wake of Cyclone Rene. The two island groups of Vava'u and Haa'apai were hit by category four Cyclone Rene last week which...

The Royal Governor of the northern Tongan island group of Vava'u says his people definitely need overseas assistance in the wake of Cyclone Rene. Noble Luani says power is starting to be restored,...

Incident/Event: Tropical Cyclone Rene STREP No: 004 Date: 17th February, 2010 Time: 1100hrs From: Manager NEMO To: All Stakeholders SITUATION General Tropical Cyclone Rene has left behind scars that...

The lights are starting to go back on in Tonga in the wake of Cyclone Rene. The category three storm tore through all three main island groups in the Tonga chain earlier this week, but initial damage...

Tonga's National Disaster Management Office says aerial surveillance will be conducted over the southern and central parts of the nation to determine the damage caused by Cyclone Rene. Fiji's...

Two New Zealand Red Cross humanitarian aid workers are preparing to fly to the Pacific today to help in the clean up after Tropical Cyclones Pat and Rene. Douglas Clark, from Dunedin, a veteran of...

GENERAL INFORMATION Tropical Cyclone Rene struck the Kingdom of Tonga on 15 February with winds of over 160 kilometres per hour, bringing heavy rain, sea swells and flooding and disrupting electrical...

The RSMC-Nadi Tropical Cyclone Centre and the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre are issuing guidance on Cyclone Rene, a tropical cyclone is moving away from Tonga. Cyclone Rene is located 200 nautical...

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Tonga's national broadcaster has been staying on air and broadcasting cyclone warnings and information right through the disaster. Radio Tonga says it will stay on air until the danger has passed...

Cyclone Rene is striking Tonga's main island of Tongatapu with strong category three winds at an average of 167 kilometres per hour and gusts well over 200 kph. It has weakened slightly from earlier...

By New Zealand correspondent Kerri Ritchie There has been extensive damage in Tonga after the Pacific Island nation was battered by Cyclone Rene overnight. A massive clean-up is underway this...

The RSMC-Nadi Tropical Cyclone Centre and the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre are issuing guidance on Cyclone Rene, a tropical cyclone that lashed American Samoa and now battering Tonga's Central and...

Updated February 15, 2010 10:04:30 Cyclone Rene is bearing down on Tonga's Vava'u island group. Rene is the fourth cyclone in about 14 days which formed in about the same location in the Northern...