AFAP manages the Australian-Pacific Centre for Emergency and Disaster Information (APCEDI) to provide news on natural disaster events in the Asia-Pacific region and to help with rapid disaster response assessment. This was originally a communications network that was activated during a disaster to disseminate information to our Asia-Pacific NGO offices. Now APCEDI has a much wider application across the Asia-Pacific Region.

Wednesday, February 09, 2005

APCEDI ALERT 07F #15, 2005: News from Cook Islands and French Polynesia

Cyclone Meena is now 400 km south of Rapa Island in French Polynesia. Only minor damage has occurred on some of the islands of the Austral Group. Assessments are still underway in the Cooks, but damages are all in line with earlier APCEDI reports. Regular media websites from the Cooks, New Zealand and French Polynesia are continuing to cover the assessment and rehabilitation phase. Some samples below:

TahitiPresse (Agence Tahitienne de Presse): has issued the following news update:

Meena sur la région de Rapa

(Tahitipresse)  -  Meena, qui est désormais une dépression tropicale et non plus un cyclone, se trouvait, mardi matin, à 8 h, à environ 400 km dans le sud de l'île de Rapa, indique Météo-France. Plus au nord dans l'archipel des Australes, les îles de Tubuai et de Raivavae n'ont été que peu affectées par ces mauvaises conditions météorologiques.

Ainsi, selon les premières informations parvenues de Tubuai et Raivavae, seules quelques coupures de courant, une maison endommagée et des chutes d'arbre seraient à signaler sur ces deux îles.
Désormais, la dépression tropicale concerne uniquement l'île de Rapa, à l'extrême sud de la Polynésie française. Pour la journée de mardi, Météo-France prévoit pour cette île des rafales de vent pouvant aller jusqu'à 110 km/h.
Une forte houle, avec des creux de 5 à 7 m, est également atendue sur place.
TM

Tuatua Akakite has issued the following:

Damage caused by Meena. Damage caused by cyclone Meena last weekend include parts of roofs blown off schools and the main church in Aitutaki as well as the downing of trees in breadfruit, banana and coconut plantations. Mangaia's harbor was damaged. Public servants have been given two days off work to help with cleaning up. -February 8 2005

This will be the last APCEDI alert on this system unless otherwise warranted.

Kevin Vang
APCEDI Coordinator
http://www.afap.org/apcedi/

 
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