is to repair and finish the new concrete building so we can move the station in before the next cyclone season starts in December.

The new building is designed to be a meeting room and accommodation, but it will be ideal as temporary studios.

Then (if next year's cyclone doesn't do it for us) we can demolish the present wooden building and replace it with a new concrete radio studio.

When René came a few days ago, his 230kph (143mph) winds were strong enough to blow down the concrete walls of our half constructed training and accommodation building.

The roof of our present wooden studio building is also leaking badly and probably will not survive another cyclone.

Willy Florian (Station Manager of Letio Faka-Kalisitiane 93FM) says the winds were so strong that the staff had to push the big refrigerator against the main door to stop it blowing in. And when he opened the door to his bedroom, the glass blew out of the louvre windows and all his clothes were sucked out through the window, into the storm.

Cyclone René also took the roof off the station manager's house and blew the walls off the toilet block.
 

The broken toilet block is a serious matter.
Please consider helping fix the toilets in Tonga 

 or you can email me