Cook Islands Cyclone

The destruction of Avarua on Raratonga in the Cook Islands by Cyclon Sally in January 1987 was a rare reminder of an infrequent hazard. With only twenty-two cyclones in the Cook since 1841, they are clearly not an everyday experience there. Through tiny islands may be missed even by massive cyclones, they can be totally wrecked when they are in the path of quite small ones.