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CYCLONE PAT SPECIAL SITUATION REPORT FROM AITUTAKI.
Report from Mike Henry – Aitutaki 8.30am Wed 10 Feb 2010.
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF UP TO 100KNOTS HAVE CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ISLAND OF AITUTAKI. IN THE VILLAGES OF ARUTANGA THRU TO AMURI APPROX 30% OF HOMES HAVE HAD DAMAGE TO THEIR ROOFS WITH SOME ROOFS TOTALLY BLOWN OFF. IN THE VILLAGES OF TAUTU THRU TO VAIPAE ALMOST 60% OF THE ROOFS HAVE EITTHER HAD SEVERE DAMAGE OR BEN TOTALLY BLOWN OFF. AT LEAST 10 HOMES HAVE IMPLODED, THEIR ROOFS ARE MISSING, THE WALLS HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN AND THE HOUSE IS NOW COMPLETEKLY FLATTENED. AT AROUND 8.30AM THE WINDS HAD REDUCED TO ABOUT 30KNOTS AND COMING FROM A WNW DIRECTION. THE CYCLONE SHELTER IN ARUTANGA HAS HAD THE ROOF BLOWN OFF. POWER HAS BEEN OFF SINCE AROUND 3AM THIS MORNING AND MANY POWER LINES ARE DOWN, WITH THIS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE IT IS ESTIMATED TO BE AT LEAST 2-3 DAYS BEFORE POWER CAN BE RESTORED ISLAND WIDE. PHONE COMMUNICATIONS WERE DOWN AS TELECOM LOCKED THEIR SATELLITE IN A VERTICAL POSITION TO RIDE OUT THE GALE FORCE WINDS. COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE RESTORED NOW..HOWEVER SOME PHONE LINE CONGESTION MAY BE EXPERIENCED. THE AIRPORT TERMINAL HAS BEEN TRASHED WITH 60% OF THE ROOF TILES MISSING 80% OF THE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT, HOWEVER THE AIRSTRIP IS CLEAR OF ALL DEBRIS. MANY COCONUT TREES HAVE BEEN RIPPED OUT OF THE GROUND, AND FRUIT TREES BLOWN OVER, THE LARGE TREES THAT ARE STILL STANDING HAVE BEEN STRIPPED BARE OF ALL LEAVES. AS OF 8.30AM THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE. ACCORDING TO MIKE HENRY THIS IS THE MOST EXTENSIVE DAMAGE HE HAS SEEN, MORE DESTRUCTION HAS BEEN CAUSED BY CYCLONE PAT THAN OTHER BIG CYCLONES LIKE SALLY & DOLLY.
-- Report from Mike Henry – Aitutaki 8.30am Wed 10 Feb 2010.
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS OF UP TO 100KNOTS HAVE CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ISLAND OF AITUTAKI. IN THE VILLAGES OF ARUTANGA THRU TO AMURI APPROX 30% OF HOMES HAVE HAD DAMAGE TO THEIR ROOFS WITH SOME ROOFS TOTALLY BLOWN OFF. IN THE VILLAGES OF TAUTU THRU TO VAIPAE ALMOST 60% OF THE ROOFS HAVE EITTHER HAD SEVERE DAMAGE OR BEN TOTALLY BLOWN OFF. AT LEAST 10 HOMES HAVE IMPLODED, THEIR ROOFS ARE MISSING, THE WALLS HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN AND THE HOUSE IS NOW COMPLETEKLY FLATTENED. AT AROUND 8.30AM THE WINDS HAD REDUCED TO ABOUT 30KNOTS AND COMING FROM A WNW DIRECTION. THE CYCLONE SHELTER IN ARUTANGA HAS HAD THE ROOF BLOWN OFF. POWER HAS BEEN OFF SINCE AROUND 3AM THIS MORNING AND MANY POWER LINES ARE DOWN, WITH THIS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE IT IS ESTIMATED TO BE AT LEAST 2-3 DAYS BEFORE POWER CAN BE RESTORED ISLAND WIDE. PHONE COMMUNICATIONS WERE DOWN AS TELECOM LOCKED THEIR SATELLITE IN A VERTICAL POSITION TO RIDE OUT THE GALE FORCE WINDS. COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE RESTORED NOW..HOWEVER SOME PHONE LINE CONGESTION MAY BE EXPERIENCED. THE AIRPORT TERMINAL HAS BEEN TRASHED WITH 60% OF THE ROOF TILES MISSING 80% OF THE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT, HOWEVER THE AIRSTRIP IS CLEAR OF ALL DEBRIS. MANY COCONUT TREES HAVE BEEN RIPPED OUT OF THE GROUND, AND FRUIT TREES BLOWN OVER, THE LARGE TREES THAT ARE STILL STANDING HAVE BEEN STRIPPED BARE OF ALL LEAVES. AS OF 8.30AM THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE. ACCORDING TO MIKE HENRY THIS IS THE MOST EXTENSIVE DAMAGE HE HAS SEEN, MORE DESTRUCTION HAS BEEN CAUSED BY CYCLONE PAT THAN OTHER BIG CYCLONES LIKE SALLY & DOLLY.
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