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LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 14 Mar 2015 09:04

Vanuatu has been smashed.......

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2993912/Powerful-cyclone-smashes-Pacific-Islands-44-people-reported-killed-Vanuatu.html

the outlying areas have probably been destroyed.

heart breaking for many people


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PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 14 Mar 2015 07:50

Just read about the destruction that Pam has caused in Vanuatu and they haven't got to the more remote parts yet to see what's happened there. Terrible plight they are in. New Zealand and Australia talking about emergency teams and UN looking to see what they can do. Save The Children also involved. Reports say at least 44 dead. Hope it doesn't rise.

Hope all GR contributors who are in that part of the world are safe and well.

:-) <3

Researching:
Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 14 Mar 2015 02:37

just seen that Pam was a Category 5 when it slammed in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu




It is thought that there have been many deaths :-(

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 14 Mar 2015 00:16

The poor souls in the Pacific Islands are really getting battered.

Terrifying for them.



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Allan

Allan Report 13 Mar 2015 22:47

From a selfish perspective, we are fine, Scozz. It was nice to hear the rain.

Even though the cyclone has now weakened to a rain- bearing depression and is tracking in a south easterly direction, severe flooding is expected in the Pilbara and Gascoyne areas due to swollen rivers.

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 13 Mar 2015 22:40

Allan ~ I've been watching the radar.

Are you OK? Keep safe!

We have a very dark grey sky & it's getting windy...... I'm about to move things on our deck, just in case.

See my thread about the spider :-)

DH has just left for golf........... yeah right........I expect him back soon. Silly man.

Allan

Allan Report 13 Mar 2015 21:17

Hooray! Not for the cyclones, obviously, but down here in my immediate area of the south west of Western Aus (Bunbury) we are copping the tail end of Cyclone Olwyn

We have received our first significant rainfall since December. The rain started at about 1100pm last night and continues until about 3.00am.

No wind so far but further windy squalls and rain expected throughout today.

The North West was battered

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/cyclone-olwyn-live-updates/story-fnhocxo3-1227262071011?sv=e7d50b7288c686cac8f30ff52fa19d92

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 13 Mar 2015 21:09

What have you lot done to offend the 'gods'????? :-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 13 Mar 2015 19:03

keep safe, LS and Huia xxx

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 13 Mar 2015 11:07

Huia, I knew CT Pam was threatening Samoa, but didn't know it was heading to NZ.

Keep safe <3

We've had heavy rain this evening, but we're a long way from Cooktown, which (according to the news this afternoon) was isolated, because of heavy rain.

I have cousins in NZ, many in Auckland and KerriKerri, hope they are safe.

badger

badger Report 13 Mar 2015 08:23

watching you lot over there with trepidation ,as i have friends in the area ,take care all ,and be safe.
:-) :-)

Researching:
Baird,Barnes,Sturgess,King,Bristow, Mead,Brooks,Lane,Bartlett, Tyneside Chesham, Bucks,London & home counties

Huia

Huia Report 13 Mar 2015 06:08

CT Pam is currently in the area north of NZ and heading our way, hopefully will go to the east of us, but the Gisborne area could get some of it.

Researching:
Avatar: Red poppy holding a yellow poppy.

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 13 Mar 2015 04:28

:-0

Queenslanders are going to get hammered again, by CT Nathan, and north-west WA is getting battered by CT Olwyn.

We'll probably get heavy rain, but that's nothing, compared to what others can expect.

I'll be glad when summer, and the cyclone season, is over.