▁islands . ▁ ▁Cy clone ▁O se a ▁was ▁extremely ▁destruct ive ▁to ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁islands ▁in ▁French ▁Pol yn esia . ▁Over ▁ 7 0 0   hom es ▁were ▁destroyed ▁or ▁sever ely ▁dam aged ▁on ▁Mau p iti , ▁B ora - B ora , ▁and ▁R ai ate a . ▁Several ▁roof s ▁were ▁blow n ▁off ▁of ▁buildings ▁across ▁the ▁arch ip el ago . ▁On ▁Mau p iti , ▁an ▁island ▁with ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 1 , 1 0 0 , ▁about ▁ 9 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁infrastr ucture ▁was ▁destroyed . ▁The ▁town ▁hall , ▁two   sch ools , ▁and ▁an ▁air field ▁were ▁destroyed . ▁The ▁town ▁hall ▁was ▁originally ▁being ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁emer gency ▁shelter , ▁but ▁was ▁later ▁ev acu ated ▁due ▁to ▁strong ▁wind s ▁and ▁was ▁later ▁destroyed . ▁Furthermore , ▁many ▁road ways ▁and ▁high ways ▁were ▁blocked ▁due ▁to ▁flo oding . ▁In ▁addition , ▁ 7 7   hom es ▁on ▁the ▁island ▁were ▁destroyed . ▁All ▁but ▁three   hom es ▁that ▁belonged ▁to ▁M orm ons ▁on ▁the ▁island ▁were ▁destroyed . ▁ ▁On ▁B ora - B ora , ▁an ▁island ▁which ▁had ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 4 , 5 0 0 ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁roughly ▁ 3 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁infrastr ucture ▁was ▁destroyed , ▁including ▁ 3 0 9   h ouses . ▁Hot els ▁were ▁also ▁impact ed ▁during ▁the ▁storm . ▁On ▁the ▁north