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Typhoon damage from a Category 5 typhoon about a week after the storm

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Typhoon damage from a Category 5 typhoon about a week after the storm.Totally wiped out a coconut and breadfruit plantation.Inhabitants dug pit on highest part of island and put coconut logs over pit forshelter. Some fatalities occurred. (Image credit: Dr. James P. McVey)

Photographer

Dr. James P. McVey

Location

Ulul, Truk, Caroline Islands

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA Sea Grant Program