Tropical Cyclone Lola strengthened before bearing down on the Pacific islands of Vanuatu on Tuesday, bringing an early start to the tropical storm season for the region and putting lives and property at risk in the nation’s second-most populated city of Luganville, among other locations.
"We are expecting to have major, major damages," Vanuatu Red Cross spokesperson Shirley Johnson said as the intense tropical system, equivalent to a Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale approached.
The Vanuatu Meteorology Department said Lola's central winds were estimated to be over 100 mph on Tuesday, making Severe Cyclone Lola the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale . Gusts greater than 115 mph were clocked by the meteorology department.storm on the Australian Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale, which differs from the SSHWS scale used to rate hurricanes in the Atlantic and East Pacific as it uses 10-minute sustained winds.
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