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![Typhoon damage from a Category 5 typhoon about a week after the storm mvey0059.jpg Typhoon damage from a Category 5 typhoon about a week after the storm](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_mvey0059.jpg?itok=MxHMj-fT)
Description
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
Collection
Paths Less Taken
Islands in the Sun
Equatorial Pacific
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA Sea Grant Program