Harold formed near the Solomon Islands and now threatens Vanuatu, which has already issued some warnings. Cyclone Harold is a category five storm - the most severe - and has already killed 27 people in the neighbouring Solomon Islands. Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold was a very powerful tropical cyclone which caused widespread destruction in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Tonga during April 2020. All over Solomon Islands people are calculating the damage caused by Cyclone Harold, which formed in the Coral Sea, south-west of Honiara, and … It was first noted as a developing tropical low within a trough of low pressure during April 1, while it was located to the east of Papua New Guinea. Last night Solomon Islands weather office issued the first tropical cyclone warning for all provinces. ‘‘The eye hit my friend’s plantation. Last night most Honiara residents were taken by surprise and kept awake from strong winds caused by TC Harold. The tropical cyclone first hit the Solomon Islands with a category one rating on April 2 and 3, before progressing to Vanuatu on April 5, where it reached category five. Harold with a central pressure of 999 hectopascals was located southeast of Rendova island in the western province at 9pm yesterday. The storm was blamed for 27 deaths in the Solomon Islands. It was the first Category 5 tropical cyclone in 2020. ‘‘The cyclone absolutely flattened most of this area during Cyclone Harold,’’ Ms Rochford said,. The system tracked east-southeast while developing and was named on the afternoon of 2 April. NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Cyclone Harold over the Solomon Islands in the Southern Pacific Ocean on April 3, 2020. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) The category-five tropical cyclone made landfall on the island in the afternoon, bringing winds of more than 200km/h and lashing rain. Cyclone Harold has levelled buildings and caused dangerous flooding across Fiji’s largest island of Viti Levu, after pummelling Vanuatu as a category-five … Severe tropical cyclone Harold developed from a tropical low initially detected to the west of the Solomon Islands. Physical distancing measures were lifted and hundreds reportedly took shelter in emergency centres as Cyclone Harold bore down on Vanuatu’s largest island Espiritu Santo on Monday. Over the next day, the system moved south-eastwards over the Solomon Sea, before it was classified as a tropical cyclone and named Harold … The cyclone came amid lockdowns because of the coronavirus threat.
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