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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.
"It could have been worse but the emergency shelters established three years ago after Hurricane Kilo gave our people a place to hide."
They broadcast warnings on the radio and alerted the police, who in turn sent officers to warn the local people.
"It was pretty chaotic for a few hours there when the storm hit the community."
By 10 a.m., winds in Honiara were blowing at more than 140 kilometres per hour
"The storm had sustained winds of 140 kph and was classified as a Level 4 Cyclone"
They warned all shipping in the area of the cyclone's approach.
"I want to commend all of our local emergency workers for their efforts."
At about midday, the centre of the cyclone passed directly over Honiara before tracking into the Coral Sea, where it blew itself out.
"We will hold prayer services each night at 6 p.m. until we have everyone back in a stable home."
Police say that of the six people who died, three men drowned when their car was blown off the road into a river, and two women and a man were killed by flying debris.
"We are devastated that our son, Frank, was killed."
Mopping-up operations have started in Honiara. The emergency services are still awaiting news from outlying districts but believe that Honiara has been the worst affected.
"The church is open to anyone who has lost their home and need a place to stay."
In the united states alone there is thousands of movie that come out every year, and over half of these movies have some kind of violence in them. Some people think that because these movies show this violence will cause others to commit the same actions.
A lot of people, mostly parents have a strong opinion on if children should be allowed to view these movies or not because it might show them that violence solves problems or dieminstart ways that you could hurt someone.
I think that kids should be able to watch movies with violence in them because if we are being realistic in the movies that some parents are concerned about, that kind of violence is not actually possible, I also strongly believe this because although some of these movie show violence they can also teach good lessons throughout the storyline of the movie.
People that think that this will cause bad behavior in the real world have good points, but these movies are also intended to show the viewers a different world other than ours and in other words a non-realistic one at that. A good example of this kind of movie is transforms, although these movies tend to show violence, this type of violence could never happen in our would, and on top of that no four year old could ever or would ever try to destroy our world.
I think that people that don’t let their kids watch movies that have violence are actually taking something away from their kid that is supposed to be fun and not taken seriously. When you are trying to decide whether or not to take your kid out for a movie is ultimately your decisions on what kind of parent you want you kid to be, but don't you think it's a little dramatic to not let your kid watch a movie because you are scared that the next day they will go out and harm someone.
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