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[STORMREPORTS] Most Survived Cat 5 Zoe (Photos)

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sat Jan 04 2003 - 10:56:32 EST

New Photos:
http://www.rambocam.com/sitedir.html

Local Story:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,5793113,00.html

Reuters Story:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030104/sc_nm/solomons_cyclone_dc_1

HONIARA (Reuters) - All the inhabitants on two of three South Pacific
islands hammered by a cyclone appeared to have survived by fleeing to
mountain shelters, according to the first witness reports from the area,
where it was feared hundreds might have perished.

The Australian newspaper, quoting a report by a freelance photographer,
said it appeared no one had died on Tikopia island when Cyclone Zoe tore
through the remote eastern Solomon Islands Sunday morning with winds of 300
km per hour (190 mph).

The islanders said they had survived Cyclone Zoe by fleeing to mountain
hideouts along paths their ancestors had used for centuries during
cyclones, The Australian Web site said.

But they told Mackley Friday their homes and crops were destroyed and they
would not be able to grow all the food they needed for at least the next
three years.

The paper also said their last water supply had been contaminated by salt
water. 

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