21 Feb 2018 Last week, Gita reached wind speeds of 230 kilometres per hour and ripped through the Pacific island of Tonga. It was the worst cyclone to hit the 

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Tropical Cyclone Gita. The islands of Tonga in the South Pacific have been devastated by Tropical Cyclone Gita with widespread damage and injuries across the kingdom. Gita hit Tonga on Monday night, slamming on to the south coast of the main island of Tongatapu. At its peak, winds reached 233km/h – far stronger than predicted, despite Gita

2018-02-14 2018-06-19 A 700-metre state highway section, damaged by the 2016 Kaikoura quake and then ex-cyclone Gita, is nearly finished. 2018-02-13 Cyclone Gita has hit New Zealand, turning rush hour to chaos and forcing evacuations. The cyclone swept across the Pacific last week, bringing destruction and devastation to Tonga and Samoa. 2018-02-11 Tropical Cyclone Gita. The islands of Tonga in the South Pacific have been devastated by Tropical Cyclone Gita with widespread damage and injuries across the kingdom. Gita hit Tonga on Monday night, slamming on to the south coast of the main island of Tongatapu. At its peak, winds reached 233km/h – far stronger than predicted, despite Gita Cyclone Gita has been upgraded to a category five storm after battering parts of southern Fiji.

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This week Tropical Cyclone Gita has swept across islands of the Pacific causing substantial damage to homes, livelihoods, places of refuge, and places of prayer. This is certainly the case in Tonga where Gita made landfall in February 2018 as a category 4 tropical storm. Tropical Cyclone Gita made landfall in Tonga on 12 February, causing severe damage to the main island of Tongatapu. The cyclone damaged 4,000 homes and destroyed over 800, caused the evacuation of over 4,500 people and left more than 80% of homes in Tonga without power. The cyclone caused US$164 million (equivalent to 38 per cent of GDP) of damage. CYCLONE Gita battered Tonga last night with devastating winds that left thousands fleeing their homes days after it smashed Samoa.

Tropical cyclone Gita In early February 2018, Tropical Cyclone Gita, a Category 4 storm with winds of more than 275 kilometres per hour, ravaged the Pacific. As the country most affected by the cyclone, Tonga was the focus of WHO's support. From 12 to 13 February, the storm ravaged the main island of Tongatapu and nearby 'Eua.

It was the first Category 5 tropical cyclone in 2020. The seventh named storm of the 2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, eighth tropical cyclone, and fourth severe tropical cyclone of the 2019–20 South Pacific As Cyclone Gita threatened to hit New Zealand as a strong ex-tropical cyclone, New Zealand's MetService issued heavy rain warnings and strong wind warnings covering a wide expanse of the country. [89] [90] Campers, hikers, and boaters in the Marlborough Sounds were told to evacuate, and residents there were warned that communications could be cut off by the storm. [91] Tropical cyclone Gita In early February 2018, Tropical Cyclone Gita, a Category 4 storm with winds of more than 275 kilometres per hour, ravaged the Pacific.

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Gita hit Tongatapu as a category four cyclone with winds of more than 233km/h. It has since moved away from Fiji and has been upgraded to a category five. In Tonga, Gita ripped roofs off houses, brought down trees, destroyed a Catholic church, and took the Tongan Met Office and the national radio station off line.

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As of 2016, 22.5 percent of the population lived at, or below, the poverty line.

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The storm's winds blew the roof off of Tonga's meteorological 2018-02-12 Tropical Cyclone Gita swept through the Pacific leaving a trail of damage and disruption in February 2018. The Kingdom of Tonga bore the brunt of the damage, but it also affected Samoa, Niue, Fiji, New Caledonia and New Zealand. 2018-02-10 2018-02-20 NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Pacific Ocean and saw the low pressure area previously known as Tropical Cyclone Gita, affecting New Zealand. Tropical Cyclone Gita made landfall in Tonga on 12 February 2018 as a category 4 storm with winds up to 230 km/h.

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Tropical cyclone Gita In early February 2018, Tropical Cyclone Gita, a Category 4 storm with winds of more than 275 kilometres per hour, ravaged the Pacific. As the country most affected by the cyclone, Tonga was the focus of WHO's support. 2018-02-13 Tropical Cyclone Gita made landfall in Tonga on 12 February, causing severe damage to the main island of Tongatapu. The cyclone damaged or destroyed almost 2,000 homes, caused the evacuation of Cyclone Gita put Tongans at more of a risk as this population mainly depends on fishing and agriculture for an income. Nearly 36 percent of Tonga is agricultural land and agriculture accounts for 30 percent of the GDP. Also, 98 percent of students were left without a school. 2018-02-19 Tropical Cyclone Gita passed by Samoa on 10 February 2018 and Niue on 11 February 2018, with damages reported in Samoa, including localized flooding.