Tonga's Parliament House is more than 100 years old The parliament building in the Pacific country of Tonga has been destroyed by the worst storm to hit the country in more than 60 years.

After leaving Samoa with extensive flooding as a Category 2 Cyclone, Gita intensified to a Category 4 when it made landfall in Tonga causing massive devastation to buildings and crops.

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