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==Samoa== |
==Samoa== |
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==Tokelau== |
==Tokelau== |
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On December 6, the FMS issued a gale warning for Tokelau before reports of gale-force winds of {{convert|40|kn|km/h mph|order=out|round=5|abbr=on}} were received later that day, as the system passed about {{convert|200|nmi|km mi|order=out|round=5|abbr=on}} to the southwest of the island nation.<ref name="Val TCR" |
On December 6, the FMS issued a gale warning for Tokelau before reports of gale-force winds of {{convert|40|kn|km/h mph|order=out|round=5|abbr=on}} were received later that day, as the system passed about {{convert|200|nmi|km mi|order=out|round=5|abbr=on}} to the southwest of the island nation.<ref name="Val TCR"/> |
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Val was estimated to have caused {{ntsp|750000||US$}} in damage to the island nation.<ref name="Surge">{{cite report|author=Ramsay, Doug|title=Reducing the risks of cyclone storm surge inundation on the atolls of Tokelau: Fakaofo|publisher=National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research|year=2006|url=https://www.tokelau.org.nz/site/tokelau/files/ClimateChange/2006-Fakaofo-Final.pdf|page=43}}</ref> |
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Val damaged and destroyed several seawalls that had been partially constructed after Cyclone Ofa.<ref name="Surge"/> The United Nations Development Programme subsequently funded a project between 1992 and 1995, which provided a limited reconstruction of the areas damaged by the cyclone.<ref name="Surge"/> |
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==Tonga== |
==Tonga== |
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Revision as of 20:19, 22 September 2024
American Samoa
Cook Islands
Samoa
Tokelau
On December 6, the FMS issued a gale warning for Tokelau before reports of gale-force winds of 75 km/h (45 mph) were received later that day, as the system passed about 370 km (230 mi) to the southwest of the island nation.[1]
Val was estimated to have caused US$750,000 in damage to the island nation.[2]
Val damaged and destroyed several seawalls that had been partially constructed after Cyclone Ofa.[2] The United Nations Development Programme subsequently funded a project between 1992 and 1995, which provided a limited reconstruction of the areas damaged by the cyclone.[2]