Samoan Students safe in Port Vila

Written by Mathew Lemisio
Friday, 01 February 2008
'Killer cyclone” moves on Samoan students attending the University of the South Pacific’s Law School in Port Vila Vanuatu are “safe and sound” after Tropical cyclone Gene hit the southern parts of the Melanesian country this week. Three students from Samoa left the country just after New Years to attend a summer flexi-school course at the law campus in Emalus, just on the outskirt of capital Port Vila. According to final year law student and former Newsline reporter Sefo Ainuu, the cyclone has seemed to pass them. “I don't know, it seems pretty fine here,” Mr Ainuu said in an email to Newsline yesterday. cyclone Gene has been dubbed the “killer cyclone” after killing six people and demolishing houses and infrastructure in Fiji earlier this week before heading towards Vanuatu. But Mr Ainuu said, cyclone Gene was not as cruel to Vanuatu, at least the area where they are based, as it did to Fiji. International media reported that there were some damages reported to houses on a couple of islands on the southern side of Efate, the main island where Port Vila and USP are located. “The only time that it felt like a cyclone was on Tuesday night (Monday night Samoan time),” Mr Ainuu continued. “The flight bound for Fiji on Tuesday evening was cancelled due to weather problems. It was raining non stop till Wednesday and after that it’s been cloudy.” According to Radio Australia, cyclone Gene was upgraded to a category four storm as it beared down on southern Vanuatu It's currently said to be about 60 kilometres east of the small island of Futuna. Vanuatu forecaster Allan Rarai says the island is already being hit by 150 kilometre an hour winds, and there are early reports of some damage. Gene is forecast to be around the southern islands of Vanuatu for the next 12 to 18 hours. Meanwhile, Mr Ainuu said while Cyclone Gene has moved away, the weather remained unpredictable. “The mood of the weather changes quite rapidly, it'll be like burning hot sun the next minute and it'd be pouring the next. “The showers only last a few minutes. But now cyclones, I heard it (Cyclone Gene) was moving towards Wallis.” Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Name Email Title Comment

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