The most powerful tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere has made landfall on Fiji . Tropical Cyclone Winston has been forming since February 7th , and earlier today , it hit Fiji with the intensity of a Category 5 hurricane .
The storm slammed into the island of Viti Levu , base to a legal age of the country ’s population , in the beginning today , brag by homes and flooding the island . The eye of the storm has since pass over the island , but storm warnings stay in effect for the island . The tempest brought twist of an forecast 140 mi per hr , with blast of up to 200 mph .
Winston began to form in other February , initially designated as Tropical Disturbance 09F. It was destine a Tropical Cyclone on February 10th , and go on to intensify . The storm hand over thetropical nation of Tonga earlier this weekwhile it was a category 2 storm , only to turn and exit over the island once again as a category 4 storm .
The storm made landfall over Fiji originally today , prompting a state of emergency brake , and a Carry Amelia Moore Nation - encompassing curfew . Communications with several island has since been lost , and there have been numerous reports of hurt . At least one mortal is affirm deadat this point .
[ Fiji Times , NPR , ABC News , FBC ]
Image credit : AP Images , ( Top ) , U.S. Naval Research Laboratory ( Middle )
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