Talk:Cyclone Bebe

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This is an historical event

This article is about an historical event which happened over 40 years ago. It is helpful to include a reference to the old and new place names at the beginning of the article. However, the place names used in the rest of this article need to reflect the name usage at the time the event occurred. After the initial reference to name change the reader will easily understand the historical nature of the article.

IE: it is impossible for the storm to have affected Tuvalu and Kiribati because these places did not exist in 1972. The places affected were the Ellice Islands and Gilbert Islands. The usage of mixed names and or modern names is anachronistic, ahistorical, awkward and very confusing to the reader.70.199.144.244 (talk) 15:05, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

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US AID Disaster relief report

References

^ Cite error: The named reference em-dat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Thompson, Bette (1974). "Pago Pago's Friends for Fiji". The Rotarian. 124 (May 1974). Rotary International: 40. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
^ "It's officially a hurricane". The Fiji Times Online. March 14, 2010. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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however 3 tuna boats were wrecked. Waves broke over the atoll. and two sailors from the tuna boats were drowned.

Cyclone Bebe knocked down 90% of the houses and trees in Funafuti and caused extensive damage to Princess Margaret Hospital and other public buildings. The cyclone contaminated sources of drinking water as a result of the system's storm surge. The surge also created a wall of coral rubble along the ocean side of Fongafale and Funafala islets which was about 10 miles (16 km) long, and about 10 feet (3.0 m) to 20 feet (6.1 m) thick at the bottom.

♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:24, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[em-dat-1] Cite error: The named reference em-dat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2] Thompson, Bette (1974). "Pago Pago's Friends for Fiji". The Rotarian. 124 (May 1974). Rotary International: 40. Retrieved December 10, 2010.

[3] "It's officially a hurricane". The Fiji Times Online. March 14, 2010. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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