Cyclone Gita took her toll on the Pacific Islands!
Cyclone Gita first hit Samoa as a Category 1.
Sustained heavy flooding.
This is the Sheraton "Aggie Gray" hotel.
We stayed there a couple of months ago.
The place that had the large gingerbread house.
Totally engulfed and under water.
They are currently closed.
We were supposed to leave for Tonga on February 14th.
Plans were changed with Cyclone Gita which was a category 4
Cyclone Gita hit on February 13th.
Friends in Tonga have been posting pictures:
Liahona High School was damaged quite a bit.
This is the front area and entrance roads.
The trees were shredded.
This is the Facility Managements roof.
It lifted the roof off and blew one of the cinder block walls down inside.
The dorm boys helped a lot with clean up.
Here they are getting ready to move the roof off of the road.
This is the computer room wing.
The roof was torn away and 4 classrooms were soaked.
It looks like the computers might be a total loss.
This is the keyboarding room located in the same building with FM.
Roof collapsed onto of all the keyboards.
I shed some tears over this tree.
I loved these trees in our front yard.
Yes, this is the duplex we lived in - house #26.
The dorm boys helped to move the tree off of the roof.
Malakai Kioa and his family had a terrifying experience.
They live in house #5 on campus.
The roof in their house came completely off.
This is a bedroom, their living room, and their backyard
The Veanuku's are serving their 3rd mission to Tonga.
We know them well.
She posted that the Senior Missionaries spent the night in the Service Center:
The next morning they mopped out their flooded homes.
Then Sister Veanuku was busy doing what she does so well:
Cooking for those in need!
The Tonga Middle School ITEP couple, Elder & Sister Murdoch
helped Sister Veanuku with the food.
The Murdoch's have been in Tonga 1 month
Cyclone Gita is headed our way this week. It is a tropic storm now.
We are expecting heavy rains and gusty winds.
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