Cyclone Evan Kills Four in Samoa then Heads for Fiji

As the northern hemisphere hurricane season finishes, so thing start to warm up in the southern hemisphere.  The first named tropical cyclone in the 2012/13 season in the South Pacific is Cyclone Evan. According to Al Jazeera Evan has already devastated Samoa, as you can see:

Evan is now strengthening further, and is currently forecast by the JTWC to pass just north of Fiji later today, with maximum gusts of 135 knots:

The 5 day forecast for Cyclone Evan on Sunday 16th December 2012