Islands clean up after typhoons
NZPA-Reuter , Marshall Islands The tiny islands of Micronesia, scattered across the central Pacific, cleaned up yesterday after a rare typhoon left many islanders homeless. In the Marshall Islands, a Government official said aid would be needed “for the foreseeable future” to restore Ebeye island where Typhoon Roy’s 240km/h winds and 6m waves demolished about one third of the houses on the island leaving 2000 people without shelter. Officials said one man was killed and several
injured on Ebeye, a dormitory island housing islanders who work at the United States missile testing range at Kawjalein Atoll. ‘ ' In Guam, more than 1600 km to the west, the wind blast caused an estimated six million dollars worth of damage and caused continuing power cuts around the island, civil defence officials said. The United States Anderson Air Force base said it had flown virtually all its aircraft to bases in Japan before the storm and would bring them back on Thursday after clearing the runways.
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