tropical cyclone Funa is west of the northern islands in Vanuatu. Although it is very wet and windy in Vila apparently we should miss the brunt of the bad weather which is likely to pass through pretty much the middle of the Vanuatu islands. The radio is telling people who live on flat areas or near rivers in SANMA and TORBA provinces to move away. We've brought a few extra tins of food and bottles of water as instructed by our cylone preparation guide. In Port Vila we are currently at a cyclone situation graded yellow (so not very much risk of a cyclone). The best line in the guide is what to do when a cylone hits your house (a situation coded red), it says, "if your roof blows off, anchor yourself to the ground and keep very, very calm." (a very useful instruction)The BBC 5-day forecast for the rest of the week is "Predominant weather is forecast to be heavy showers." That’s with an average top temperature of 30° and minimum temp of 28°, humidity today is 82%. Lovely. Apparently this is what it'll be like for the next couple of months. (anway the good news with the bad weather is that it means Zac's still here!)
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