NUKU' NUKUALOFA, Tonga (AP) - Cyclone René, a powerful storm, given in the North and centre of Tonga Monday, ripping out of roofs, tear down trees and power lines and communications of the Court with Nuku'alofa, the capital located in the South of the country, travel agencies.
Mali' or Takai, Deputy director of the national Office of disaster in Tonga, a group of South Pacific Islands, said that the extent of the damage was not clear.
It was lost shortly after midnight the northern part of Tonga as cyclone contact René shaken low-lying atolls, topple trees, cut roads and causing coastal flooding as crossing seas increased land.
The cyclone was producing heavy rains and resulted in the reduction of power in the capital. Tonga has a population of approximately 101,000 people.
Previously the Office warned that the cyclone could "increase in strength of very destructive hurricane".
Storm lost both of American Samoa and the neighboring nation of Samoa island on Saturday, but always caused heavy rains, winds, and heavy sea swells.
American Samoa, Samoa were physically assaulted by a tsunami that killed 226 people last year.
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