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Photo Gallery: Tongan local residents' social media photos show carnage left behind by unrelenting Cyclone Gita

February 13, 2018

Photos have begun to emerge from around Tonga of the devastation caused by Cyclone Gita overnight, with flooding, high winds and flying debris all combining for a chaotic night in The Kingdom.

The following photos were all submitted to 1 NEWS by a local living in the small Pacific nation's capital of Nuku'alofa, showing the destruction caused by the category four cyclone.

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  • Live updates: Tonga's Parliament House levelled, homes smashed and trees snapped by destructive Gita
  • Jacinda Ardern - NZ 'all ready to go' for Tongan emergency relief
  • 'We tried to tell ourselves we were fine but we were not' - anxious account of Cyclone Gita's onslaught in Tonga
  • 1 NEWS' Barbara Dreaver tells of 'screaming' noise in Nuku'alofa- 'I've never experienced anything like this'

    • These three photos were taken by Virginie Sini who lives in the inland suburb of Pahu in Nuku'alofa, with locals already looking to begin the clean-up process. 

    The next two photos are of a church in Nuku'alofa, taken by local Solomone Savelio .

    This collection of photos was shared by locals to community Facebook page Tonganow .

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