A category-four cyclone bearing down on the South Pacific island nation of Tonga with hurricane force winds.
Tropical Cyclone Ian, which has been hovering in a stretch of ocean between Fiji and Tonga since Monday was upgraded overnight.
Destructive winds could be felt in Tonga several hours before the centre of the storm makes landfall.
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