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    From Dan Richter@1:317/3 to All on Fri Apr 10 09:00:58 2020
    April 10, 2020 - Tropical Cyclone Harold over Fiji

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    Tropical Cyclone Harold over Fiji
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    After battering Vanuatu, Tropical Cyclone Harold took aim at the island
    nation of Fiji. According to the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination
    System (GDACS), the storm make landfall on the morning of April 8, 2020
    over Kadavu Island, Fiji. Maximum sustained winds at landfall were
    estimated at 220 km/h (137 mph), or the equivalent of Category 4 on the
    Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. After crossing Kadavu, Harold
    travelled southeast of the South Pacific Ocean and south of Tonga as it
    began to weaken.

    At 10:00 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) on April 9, the Joint Typhoon Warning
    Center issued the final warning on Harold, noting that the system had
    weakened to the strength of a Category 1 storm. Maximum sustained winds
    at that time were estimated at 148 km/h (92 mph). At that time, Harold
    was located near latitude 26.7 degrees south and longitude 166.1
    degrees west, approximately 426 nautical miles south-southeast of Niue
    and was tracking east southeastward at 35 mph (56 km/h).

    The impact of Harold has been significant across the South Pacific. In
    Vanuatu, media reports on April 9 described power and communication
    outages, damaged houses, and road damage across Espiritu Santo, Malo,
    and Malakula Islands. GDACS reported that about 70 percent of houses in
    Luganville, the largest town on Espiritu Santo, suffered damage from
    the storm. The situation in Fiji appears to also be severe, with
    damaged roads, homes, and power and communication outages, along with
    an unspecified number of injured people. On April 8, the Prime Minister
    of Tonga declared a state of emergency.

    The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board
    NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of Tropical Cyclone
    Harold. The small, cloud-filled eye of the storm can be seen just to
    the southeast of Kadavu Island, Fiji.

    Image Facts
    Satellite: Aqua
    Date Acquired: 4/8/2020
    Resolutions: 1km (3.8 MB), 500m (12.2 MB), 250m (37.6 MB)
    Bands Used: 1,4,3
    Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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