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Story #1 In Honiara, more than 20 houses were destroyed and a number of other buildings sustained considerable structural damage. More than 100 people are now homeless. Six people were killed. Another 18 people have been treated in hospital for minor injuries. "We have heavy hearts over the six people who lost their lives today." At 2 a.m. yesterday morning, meteorologists at the Nadi Weather Centre detected a cyclone developing rapidly near Nauru and moving quickly south-west across the Pacific towards the Solomon Islands "We warned all the proper authorities." They named the cyclone "Victor". "It was a fast developing front that we could not have anticipated any faster." At 3 a.m., they contacted the Solomon Islands government, warning of the approach of Cyclone Victor. "He was returning home from a vacation to Australia when the storm hit." Government officials immediately put emergency plans into operation...