Imagem do dia 23.04.2016 no canto direito, CICLONE TROPICAL AMOS
Last Updated: 23/04/2016, 03:00:00 (Hora oficial do Brasil)
NOVA ZELÂNDIA
23.04.2016
Samoa warned to brace for category four Cyclone Amos on Sunday
MetService/JMA
Cyclone Amos is approaching Samoa and American Samoa.
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A tropical cyclone heading for Samoa is expected to intensify overnight.
The MetService said Amos was 450 kilometres northwest of Apia, Samoa, at 6am on Saturday, or 95km north-northeast of Wallis Island.
Winds close to the eye of the storm were 148kmh and the category three system would likely become a category four as it approached Samoa, it said.
Samoa Meterological Service/NOAA
Cyclone Amos is expected to reach category four intensity over Samoa.
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By Sunday at 7am Cyclone Amos was expected to be over the island nation.
Fiji Meteorological Service
The forecast track for Amos, a category three cyclone on Saturday. By midnight it is expected to reach category four.
Residents have been advised to stay indoors, secure property and remain vigilant. The system is moving towards the island nation at a speed of 11kmh.
The Samoa Meteorological Service, on Saturday, warned flooding was possible.
By Sunday, rain was expected to intensify and the forecast warned of swells, heavy seas and storm surges. Rivers could overflow and roads might be impassable.
On its forecast track, Amos is expected to pass across the south coast of Savai'i Island on Sunday, bringing torrential rain, damaging wind gusts and heavy seas.
The South Pacific cyclone season, which heats up in February and March, has been a devastating one, smashing Fiji not once, but twice.
Category five Cyclone Winston was the strongest storm on record in the South Pacific.
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