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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A fresh tropical cyclone has formed in the Pacific region and was gathering strength as it headed south towards New Caledonia and New Zealand, forecasters said Saturday, January 18.
A warning has gone out to all shipping in the path of Cyclone June to expect heavy swells and gale force winds.
June, which formed in the Coral Sea near the Solomon Islands as a category one cyclone, was expected to have intensified to category two before hitting Norfolk Island, between New Caledonia and New Zealand, on Sunday.
“Tropical Cyclone June is expected to produce a prolonged period of gale force winds, heavy rainfall and moderate to heavy swells over Norfolk Island on Sunday and Monday,” Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said in a bulletin.
“Damaging winds averaging above 75 kilometres per hour (47 miles per hour) with gusts of about 100 kilometres per hour are expected to develop on Norfolk Island by about midday on Sunday.” –Rappler.com
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