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	WEEKLY OCEAN NEWS
		Another tropical cyclone threatens the South Pacific islands -- With maximum sustained surface winds of up to 130 mph, Tropical Cyclone Percy was moving across the South Pacific along a track that took it by American Samoa and possibly to within 300 miles of the Cook Islands.
		This tropical cyclone, the South Pacific's equivalent of a hurricane, follows by a week Tropical Cyclone Otto, which caused damage on the Cook Islands.
		4-5 March 1899...Tropical cyclone Mahina (the Bathurst Bay Hurricane) crossed the Great Barrier Reef and generated a 48-ft storm surge across Barrow Point, Queensland, Australia.
	www.aos.wisc.edu /~hopkins/oceans/spr_05/s05news06.html (1961 words)

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		The above sheets are autographed by the 1937-38 Vancouver Lions team along with their Hall of Fame coach, Fred W. (Cyclone) Taylor.
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		All hockey memorabilia and their images are the exclusive property of the owner and may not be reprinted, copied or used without written permission from the owner.
	www.iinet.com /~portlandbuckaroos/pcha_pchl_page_3.shtml (339 words)

	APCEDI Asia-Pacific Disaster Alerts: February 2005
		Percy is still a strong Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, and according to the to JTWC and NOAA forecasts is likely to strengthen to a Category 4 storm in the next 12-24 hours.
		ON ITS FORECAST TRACK, THE CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO LIE AROUND 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUKAPUKA OR 145 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUWARROW BY BY 280900 UTC.
		Authorities in the rest of Samoa and American Samoa continue to maintain advisories and watches, and should be very vigilant in case Percy takes an unexpected early turn toward the south or west.
	www.afap.org /apcedi/archive/2005_02_01_archive.html (14198 words)

	Radio Australia - News - New Zealand Foreign Minister gets briefing on Tokelau
		New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister, Phil Goff has been updated on Tokelau's relief and reconstruction needs in the wake of Cyclone Percy.
		Mr Goff says Tokelau is slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the cyclone, which battered the atolls three weeks ago.
		He says New Zealand has allocated up to 364-thousand US dollars in relief supplies for Tokelau, covering food, medicine, drinking water, building materials and equipment.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/news/stories/s1330489.htm (287 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Cyclone Percy heads towards Cook Islands
		Tropical cyclone Percy is heading towards Cook Islands after cutting a swathe through the New Zealand-administered pacific island of Tokelau and the American Samoan island of Swains at the weekend.
		Australia increases aid to Cook Islands in wake of cyclone > [26/02/2005]
		Communication on Swains Island has been lost, while NZAID says infrastructure and crops have been devastated on two of Tokelau's main atolls of Nukunonu and Fakaofo.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/news/stories/s1312157.htm (239 words)

	APCEDI Asia-Pacific Disaster Alerts: APCEDI ALERT 10F #9, 2005: CYCLONE PERCY TAKES AIM ON NORTHERN COOKS; CAUSES WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ON TOKELAU; SWAIN'S ISLAND ISOLATED
		Cyclone Percy is now moving away from Swain's Island (population 5-20) toward the Northern Cooks after causing widespread damage and 1 injury on Tokelau's 3 atolls Atafu (population 500-600), Nukunonu (population 400-450) and Fakaofo (population 500), yesterday.
		The delegate for Swains Island in the American Samoan legislature, Alex Jennings, who is based in Pago Pago has expressed grave concerns to EOC about the situation on Swains and has asked for a flyover, food drop and medical supplies drop.
		She confirms that there are 3 families on the island, but other reports state that the exact number of people range from 5-20.
	www.afap.org /apcedi/2005/02/apcedi-alert-10f-9-2005-cyclone-percy.html (1263 words)

	QUEENSLAND - SHIPWRECKS
		Whilst sheltering in the Percy Group, Queensland, was driven on to a reef between Bamborough and Hunter Islands, 1918.
		It is of only minor interest that she was further damaged in the 1981 cyclone.
		She was built as an auxiliary steamer in 1851 and she led an eventful life, being stranded on King Island in 1852, ashore on the Oyster Bank at Newcastle in 1855, then badly damaged by fire at Sydney in the same year while being repaired.
	oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au /qld-wrecks.html (16036 words)

	RedNova - Images Of The Day - Cyclone Percy
		When the image was taken, Percy had just passed over Pukapuku and Nassau, leaving both in shambles.
		According to news reports, no structures escaped damage on Nassau and just 10 buildings remain intact in Pukapuku.
		The storm had sustained winds of 114 knots (132 mph; 1 knot = 1.15 mph) with gusts to 139 knots, making it a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
	www.rednova.com /images/images-of-the-day?image_id=7099 (16036 words)

	World: State of emergency declared after Cyclone Percy
		World: State of emergency declared after Cyclone Percy
		Keralanext, India -Roads had been washed out, and there was only about a week's water supply, said chief inspector John Tini of the Cook Islands Emergency Operations Centre.
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	Scoop: RNZAF: Pacific Cyclone Rescue and Reconnaissance
		The destruction caused by Cyclone Percy has been caught on camera by the crew of an Air Force Orion.
		Roto Island, Moto Kavata are part of the Puka Puka group in the northern Cook Islands.
		Tuesday afternoon the Orion carried out a reconnaissance flight over Puka Puka in the northern Cook Islands.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PO0503/S00011.htm (16036 words)

	Pukapuka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In February 2005 Pukapuka and nearby Nassau (Cook Islands) were hit by Cyclone Percy which caused widespread damage to property and infrastructure.
		Pukapuka is a coral atoll in the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
		Pukapuka has been immortalised by writer Robert Dean Frisbie in his book 'Island Of Desire' written in the 1930's.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pukapuka (181 words)

	Cyclone Percy
		Pukapuka leader in Rarotonga Tingika Elikana referred to the response to their call for help after Percy lashed their island on Sunday as "overwhelming".
		Pukapuka islander Tingika Elikana told the briefing that all houses on the coast have been washed out and taro patches are now under at least two metres of seawater.
		Pukapuka is approximately 750km WSW of Penrhyn, the most northern island in the Cooks.
	www.cinews.co.ck /Percy.htm (2402 words)

	Cyclone Percy hits remote islands - Breaking News - http://www.smh.com.au
		The Cooks emergency centre said Pukapuka's 600 residents had moved to higher ground and were sheltering at the islands' school when Percy struck, while the 70 people of Nassau's sole village had been evacuated to its two main churches.
		Ready said Percy was slowly heading in a south-easterly direction but was expected to turn more to the south, passing to the east of American Samoa.
		The APCEDI said the timing of the turn was critical for Rakahanga and Manihiki islands to the east of Pukapuka.
	www.smh.com.au /news/World/Cyclone-Percy-hits-remote-islandss/2005/02/28/1109546774306.html (361 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Cook Islands: Tropical Cyclone Percy Information Bulletin No. 1
		Pukapuka (population 600) and Nassau (population 70), in the northern Cook Islands were battered by Tropical Cyclone Percy from 28 February to 2 March.
		The airstrip on Pukapuka has been damaged, so an RNZAF Hercules transport aircraft loaded with emergency supplies has been sent instead to the island of Penrhyn, northeast of Pukapuka, and its cargo will be transported by sea to Pukapuka and Nassau by this weekend.
		The Cook Islands government declared a state of emergency in Pukapuka and Nassau on February 28.
	reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAR-6A5GAW?OpenDocument&rc=5&... (728 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Cook Islands and Tokelau: Tropical Cyclone Percy - OCHA Situation Report No. 4
		The affected islands of Pukapuka and Nassau remain in a state of national emergency.
		Ministry of Internal Affairs will send up a tent (12’ by 20’ dimensions) to Pukapuka possibly to be used as the relief centre thereby freeing up the school building for schooling to commence as early as possible.
		They have a sea vessel on patrol around the Northern Cooks region, which can be used for transporting machinery to Pukapuka, and also an aircraft for personnel and lighter relief goods.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVIU-6AJJD8?OpenDocument (1236 words)

	Tahiti Pacifique Magazine
		ATAFU, 27 février - Les quelque 1500 habitants des trois atolls (Atafu, Nukunonu et Fakaofo) du petit archipel de Tokelau (à 500 kilomètres au Nord-Est de Wallis) ont subi les effets destructeurs du passage du cyclone tropical Percy, qui!
	www.tahiti-pacifique.com /98-/167/display.html (1236 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Cyclone Percy batters Tokelau
		Cyclone Percy has blasted Tokelau with high winds and heavy rains causing widespread damage to houses along the coast lines of the three atolls in the group.
		Cyclone Percy devastates Tokelau, targets Swain's Island > [27/02/2005]
		Storm warnings issued as Pacific islands face another cyclone > [26/02/2005]
	www.radioaustralia.net.au /news/stories/s1311916.htm (1236 words)

	USATODAY.com - Weakening Cyclone Percy skirts Rarotonga
		PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AFP) — A weakening Cyclone Percy skirted the Cook Islands' main population center of Rarotonga Thursday and was expected to gradually move away from the island, meteorologists said.
		The cyclone was forecast to gradually move away from Rarotonga through the rest of the day, the FMS said.
		Winds at the center of the cyclone had weakened to about 87 mph with occasional gusts up to 115 mph, the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS) said.
	usatoday.com /weather/hurricane/2005-02-27-cyclone-percy_x.htm?csp=34 (1236 words)

	APCEDI Asia-Pacific Disaster Alerts: APCEDI ALERT 10F #23, 2005: CYCLONE PERCY SPARES RAROTONGA AND MANGAIA AS IT WINDS DOWN
		TROPICAL CYCLONE PERCY CENTRE [965HPA] WAS LOCATED NEAR 24.0S 160.5W OR ABOUT 172 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF RAROTONGA OR ABOUT 190 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANGAIA AT 040500 UTC.
		ON THIS FORECAST TRACK, THE CYCLONE CENTRE IS EXPECTED TO LIE ABOUT 210 MILES SOUTH OF RAROTONGA OR 180 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANGAIA BY 041100 UTC AND ABOUT 280 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RAROTONGA OR 210 MILES SOUTH OF MANGAIA BY 041700 UTC.
		Today it has passed west and south of Rarotonga coming no closer than about 170 (275 km) miles, and it is likely to pass no closer than 200 miles (320 km) south of Mangaia tonight.
	www.afap.org /apcedi/2005/03/apcedi-alert-10f-23-2005-cyclone-percy.html (1236 words)

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		Phil (co-owner of Mosquito Bikes) managed an impressive victroy in the Polhill RC Memorial Race on 8th of May. The race (54 miles on the Horsmonden circuit in Kent) was part of the League of Veteran Racing Cyclists national Percy Stallard Series and as such attracted a strong field.
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	American Samoa News
		PAGO PAGO, American Samoa, March 3 : A weakening Cyclone Percy skirted the Cook Islands' main population centre of Rarotonga and was expected to gradually move away from the island, meteorologists said.
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	www.topix.net /world/american-samoa (1236 words)

	Tokelau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In late February and early March of 2005, Tokelau was struck and severely damaged by Cyclone Percy.
		Tokelau is comprised of three atolls in the South Pacific Ocean between 171° and 173° W longitude and 8° and 10° S latitude, approximately midway between Hawaiʻi and New Zealand.
		Tokelau (ISO 3166-1: TK) is a group of three tropical coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, a territory of New Zealand (09°S, 172°W).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tokelau (1053 words)

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	Nassau (Cook Islands) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The island was severely damaged in February, 2005 by Cyclone Percy and recovery work is expected to take several years.
		Located 90 km south of Pukapuka, the small island of Nassau is covered with palms, and is the only island of the Northern Group without a lagoon.
		Nassau is an island in the Cook Islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nassau_(Cook_Islands) (221 words)

	Cook Islands
		Northern Cook Islands pounded by Cyclone Percy (Agence France Presse English)
		, Mangaia, Atiu, Aitutaki, Mauke, Mitiaro, and Manuae and Te-Au-o-tu) and the Northern Cook islands (Nassau, Palmerston, Penrhyn,
		The Cook Islanders are Maoris, a branch of the Polynesian race, and are largely Christians.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0813422.html (207 words)

	Radio Australia - News - South Cook Islands brace for cyclone
		The Cook Islands of Rarotonga and Mangaia are preparing for the passage of Tropical Cyclone Percy.
		Australia increases aid to Cook Islands in wake of cyclone > [26/02/2005]
		The cyclone has been tracking a south-southeasterly course, but is due to turn southeasterly taking it to within 320 kilometres of the two islands.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/news/stories/s1315608.htm (233 words)

	APCEDI Asia-Pacific Disaster Alerts: APCEDI ALERT 10F #4, 2005: CYCLONE PERCY BEARS DOWN ON TOKELAU AND SWAINS ISLAND, AMERICAN SAMOA
		Cyclone Percy continues moving eastsoutheastward toward Tokelau's three atolls: Atafu (population 500), Nukunonu (population 400) and Fakaofo (population 500).
		On its projected track, the cyclone is expected to lie about 74 miles south-southwest of Atafu or about 79 miles west-southwest of Nukunono by 260500 UTC and about 50 miles south-southwest of Atafu or 65 miles south-southeast of Nukunono at 261700 UTC.
		Percy is now 175 miles (485 km) west of Atafu and 210 miles (340 km) West of Nukunono moving eastsoutheast at 12 knots.
	www.afap.org /apcedi/2005/02/apcedi-alert-10f-4-2005-cyclone-percy.html (233 words)

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	USATODAY.com - Weakening Cyclone Percy skirts Rarotonga
		PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AFP) — A weakening Cyclone Percy skirted the Cook Islands' main population center of Rarotonga Thursday and was expected to gradually move away from the island, meteorologists said.
		The cyclone was forecast to gradually move away from Rarotonga through the rest of the day, the FMS said.
		By about midday Thursday, Percy was about 185 miles southwest of Rarotonga and moving southeast at about 14 mph.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/hurricane/2005-02-27-cyclone-percy_x.htm?csp=34 (437 words)

	American Pago Pago Samoa: Information on samoa
		PAGO PAGO, American Samoa, March 3 : A weakening Cyclone Percy skirted the Cook Islands' main population centre of Rarotonga and was expected to gradually move away from the island, meteorologists said.
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