SIX people were killed by Cyclone Victor, yesterday morning in Honiara. A further 18 people were treated in hospital for minor injuries.
Winds over 140 km per hour destroyed 20 homes, leaving hundreds homeless.
At 2 a.m. yesterday morning, meteorologists at the Nadi Weather Centre detected a cyclone developing rapidly near Nauru and moving towards the Solomon Islands.
About 3 a.m. Government officials broadcast warnings on the radio, and alerted police who sent officers to warn the people.
At about midday, the Cyclone Victor tracked into the Coral Sea, where it blew itself out. Mopping up operations have commenced.
Police said of the six people who died: three men drowned, and two men and a woman were killed from flying debris.
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