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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (ferrell{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sat Feb 12 2005 - 09:49:39 EST
Here is a satellite image of the storm and more information:
http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2005-02-11
"yclone Meena moved across the Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean on
February 7, 2005, causing less damage than initially feared. As it
approached the islands on February 6, the cyclone neared super-cyclone
statusthe category reserved for storms with winds gusts greater than 280
kilometers per hour. A few hours before the Terra MODIS instrument took
this image, Meena reached its strongest point with winds of 232 kilometers
per hour (144 mph) and gusts up to 278 kph (173 mph). By the time this
image was taken, the storm had weakened, sparing the Cook Islands serious
damage when it struck a few hours later."
At 07:30 PM 2/10/2005, you wrote:
>"A restaurateur says he is disappointed looters struck just hours after
>Cyclone Meena hit the Cook Islands on Sunday.
>
>Meena hit the Cook Islands with heavy seas and winds gusting up to 245kmh.
>
>But damage was not as bad as had been feared before the storm because the
>cyclone turned away hours before it would have struck with full force.
>
>The island of Rarotonga and its main centre Avarua felt the worst of the
>storm, with the sea battering coastal property."
>
>http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3184885a11,00.html
>
>
>
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