Las informaciones de lo que está sucediendo en estas islas están llegando a cuentagotas. Pero nada bueno cabe esperar, pues EVAN lleva ya más de 36 horas estacionario en la zona, y descargando toda su furia.
Por lo que se ve, la capital ha sido totalmente devastada...
donde el número de muertes se eleva por el momento a tres, dos de las cuales eran niños.
Frightening night for Chch pair in Samoakilling three people, including two children, yesterday.
Christchurch man Fred Filipe, who travels to the Samoan capital for work, told The Press this morning it had been a long night without sleep for him and his wife Yvonne Filipe.
Their house in Vaivase, about five minutes from Apia town, had made it through the night undamaged, although there were a few leaks.
Being uphill, they had escaped major flooding, but they did not have power or water.
All the trees in the plantation surrounding their house had been uprooted and the strength of the wind was "frightening", Yvonne Filipe said.
The winds and rain had died down since 2am but they were preparing for the storm to hit again this morning.
The cyclone has already inflicted massive damage on the Samoan capital while details around the fatalities are not yet available.
Winds close to the cyclone's centre are predicted to increase to 120kmh to 145 kmh within the next 6-12 hours.
A special weather bulletin said Upolu could expect to see high gusts of wind up to 160kmh and damaging storm surges of 3.6 metres to 4.3m.
Phone lines are still down in Samoa and the country's High Commissioner in New Zealand has been struggling to get updated information.
The Filipes were keeping their family in Christchurch updated by cellphone, but expected it could run out of battery soon.
The Fiji Meteorological Service said Cyclone Evan was moving east at 12kmh and was anticipated to re-curve towards the west and intensify to a category three hurricane force within the next 24 hours.
The forecast was for Evan to move across northern parts of Tonga tomorrow and arrive in Fiji on Sunday.
The Filipes were planning on returning to Christchurch next Friday.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8080280/Frightening-night-for-Chch-pair-in-Samoa
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