An American Samoa government preliminary report indicates that plantations on Manua suffered major damage from Tropical Cyclone Rene. It also adds that only a handful of homes saw minor damages. Read more
Tropical Cyclone Rene (15P) is forecast to make landfall in Nuku' alofa (21.1 S, 175.2 W) probability for CAT 1 or above is 95% probability for TS is 85% currently
A Pacific storm with hurricane-force winds churned across sparsely populated islands of Samoa and took aim Saturday for the capital region of the U.S. territory, which is still recovering from a deadly autumn tsunami. Read more