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Cyclone Harold : Superstorm hits Vanuatu after killing 27 in Solomons
Source: BBC
A cyclone bringing winds of 135mph (215km/h) has arrived in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu.
Cyclone Harold is a category five storm - the most severe - and has already killed 27 people in the neighbouring Solomon Islands.
The victims were swept off a ferry that defied cyclone warnings.
Vanuatu, home to around 300,000 people, is already in a state of emergency because of the coronavirus - and is awaiting general election results.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52179853
Not a good time to have to be rescuing people.
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