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02-12-2018, 08:33 PM
Cyclone Gita, the strongest storm of 2018, slams tiny Pacific island nation of Tonga
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What is it with islands turning into tropical cyclone magnets lately? First there was the hellish Atlantic hurricane season, when storms wiped out Domenica, Barbuda, Puerto Rico, St. John and other islands.*
Now the tiny Pacific Island nation of Tonga, which juts out into the South Pacific, southwest of American Samoa, was struck on Sunday night eastern time by the strongest storm of 2018 so far: Category 4 Cyclone Gita.*
SEE ALSO: Australia's most popular natural tourist spots are under threat from climate change (https://mashable.com/2018/02/07/australia-natural-tourist-sites-climate-change/)
Tropical Cyclone Gita, packing sustained winds of 145 miles per hour, making it the equivalent of a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, swept across the southernmost Tongalese islands on Sunday night and Monday eastern time.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/12/cyclone-gita-strongest-storm-of-year-hits-tonga-oily-olympic-flag-bearer/)
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What is it with islands turning into tropical cyclone magnets lately? First there was the hellish Atlantic hurricane season, when storms wiped out Domenica, Barbuda, Puerto Rico, St. John and other islands.*
Now the tiny Pacific Island nation of Tonga, which juts out into the South Pacific, southwest of American Samoa, was struck on Sunday night eastern time by the strongest storm of 2018 so far: Category 4 Cyclone Gita.*
SEE ALSO: Australia's most popular natural tourist spots are under threat from climate change (https://mashable.com/2018/02/07/australia-natural-tourist-sites-climate-change/)
Tropical Cyclone Gita, packing sustained winds of 145 miles per hour, making it the equivalent of a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, swept across the southernmost Tongalese islands on Sunday night and Monday eastern time.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/12/cyclone-gita-strongest-storm-of-year-hits-tonga-oily-olympic-flag-bearer/)
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