'Unbelievable destruction' reported in Tropical Cyclone Pam's wake

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

(CNN) - Relief workers reported "unbelievable destruction" after Tropical Cyclone Pam smashed the capital of Vanuatu, the Australian Red Cross said Saturday.

The Australian Red Cross said via Twitter that "humanitarian needs will be enormous. Many people have lost their homes. Shelter, food and water (are) urgent priorities" in Port Vila.

Meteorologists said the storm has weakened some, but it was still pounding the islands after hours of fierce winds and torrential rain.

"#CyclonePam still tearing through #Vanuatu. 'Much bigger than expected,' says our colleague in Port Vila. Initial reports of devastation," the Australian branch of UNICEF said on Twitter earlier.

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/13/asia/cyclone-pam-vanuatu/

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By Sean Morris, Steve Almasy, and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN
Updated 9:15 PM ET, Fri March 13, 2015

[pscot]

1. Category 5 storm over Vanuatu

with winds exceeding 155mph. It's now a strong category 4 and headed toward New Zealand.

[project_bluebook]

2. These cat 5 storms are now the norm

Global warming at its worst but don't tell republicans that, they have their own, I'm not a scientist, but, views.

[blkmusclmachine]

3. "Sooner to heaven." "It's the Lord's work." "We're fucking insane, but Diebold/SES elects us."

[mountain grammy]

4. yep

[alfredo]

5. There's four active Typhoons in the Pacific.

[alfredo]

6. Yep, and soon California residents will be moving to Oklahoma

[AngryDem001]

7. Maybe that will help OK become a little more sane.

[alfredo]

10. Unless Orange County makes up the majority of Callies.

[still_one]

8. No way. I will live on a boat in ocean before I do that

[alfredo]

11. I'm holding out for running gondola tours of downtown Miami.

[still_one]

12. You are more enterprising than I am

[alfredo]

13. Tropical storms, like we are seeing in the Pacific will be more

devastating due to the warming and rising seas. Florida will not be a vacation wonderland in the future. Downtown Miami will be shark infested, unless Rick Scott can part the seas for the Residents.


I don't know what effect a Super El Nino will have on future Pacific typhoons, but the trend lines point to more warming and more instability in our atmosphere.

[still_one]

14. unfortunately you are right, and every major scientific journal has warned about this, and we are

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Not doing anything to try to slow it down

[alfredo]

15. We don't want to inconvenience a rich man.

[Cha]

9. Stay Save, Aussies, and Everyone in its Path! Mahalo Eugene