23 MARCH 2015
As Cyclone Pam tore its way through the South Pacific last weekend, Fiji Meteorological Service which had oversight for the catastrophic storm, assigned a "category 6" for one stage of its map tracking the tempest over Vanuatu.
Pam was certainly a monster , with one-minute winds reaching 145 knots (268 km/h) and its core pressure dropping below 900 hectopascals - a rare event on both counts in the region.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald