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Cyclone Hola: New storm on track for New Zealand
Cyclone Hola is now intensifying even faster than originally forecasted, with the storm jumping to Category Two status on Wednesday morning
Newshub6 March, 2018
And
this is just the beginning for the cyclone, with more strengthening
expected as it crosses the Pacific.
#CycloneHola forms near #Vanuatu, may also affect #NewCaledonia and possibly #NewZealand (+4 Maps) weatherwatch.co.nz/content/cyclon… via @weatherwatchnz #weather
Hola
is currently lying over Vanuatu, bringing with it heavy rain, heavy
seas and destructive winds of around 95km/h at the centre.
"On
Thursday Hola will track westwards away from Vanuatu and north of New
Caledonia, intensifying into a Category 3 cyclone (which classes it
as 'severe') on Thursday or Friday," Weather Watch warns.
Rain & thunderstorm activity has increased to the east of #Vanuatu, a sign of a strengthening tropical disturbance. The potential for this system to develop into Tropical #CycloneHola in the next 24-48 hours is high, according to @FijiMet.
Impacts to Vanuatu on Wednesday
"As
for international modelling for New Zealand, overnight ECMWF (Europe)
has placed Hola tracking further west into northern New Zealand or
even the Tasman Sea while GFS (America) remains consistent showing
the storm will track past East Cape on Monday," Weather Watch
says.
"It
remains one to watch for New Zealand but for the next few days it
will be Vanuatu and New Caledonia most exposed to Cyclone Hola."
Pacific aid continues, Tonga gets $10 million
It's
less than a month since Tonga was battered by the cyclone which
destroyed hundreds of houses and its 125-year-old Parliament and
damaged more than half of its schools
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