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[STORMREPORTS] Fate of Cat 5 Islands Remains Unknown

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Tue Dec 31 2002 - 07:09:19 EST

Full story:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021231/sc_nm/weather_solomons_cyclone_dc_8

HONIARA (Reuters) - The departure of a Solomon Islands patrol boat carrying
aid and medicine to three islands hit by a massive cyclone has been delayed
until the government pays for emergency food supplies, officials said on
Tuesday.

The fate of 1,000 Solomon Islanders remained unknown two days after Cyclone
Zoe, a maximum-category tropical storm, battered the islands on Sunday with
winds exceeding 186 mph and huge waves.

Tikopia, Fataka and Anuta islands are so remote the patrol boat when it
does leave would probably take three days to reach the islands, cut off
from the outside world when Zoe knocked out radio links. 

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