Cyclone warning is still current for the people living in coastal areas in Milne Bay province, as Cyclone Ita intensifies to category 2.
The cyclone is now moving slowly southeast of Sudest island at 1 kilometre per hour. The Coordinator of the Milne Bay provincial disaster office, Eric Balaria, said, the cyclone is expected to make landfall today and warns people to take precautionary measures. "It's expected to affect the southern part of Milne Bay. We have advised people living along the coastlines to move inland and find shelter. You know, proper shelter, safe shelter so that when it does make a landfall they're able to be safe." Mr. Balaria said, thousands of people could be affected by Cyclone Ita, but the office hopes it veers south towards Australia. Cyclone Ita developed out of the tropical low that brought massive flooding to Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands. Comments are closed.
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