m ph ). ▁In ▁the ▁southern ▁islands , ▁wind ▁g ust s ▁up ▁to ▁ 2 5 0   km / h ▁( 1 5 5   m ph ) ▁affected ▁isolated ▁areas . ▁In ▁the ▁Ha ʻ ap ai ▁islands , ▁sust ained ▁wind s ▁reached ▁ 1 0 0   km / h ▁( 6 5   m ph ) ▁and ▁g usted ▁to ▁ 1 4 0   km / h ▁( 8 5   m ph ). ▁He avy ▁ra ins ▁also ▁fell ▁during ▁W aka ' s ▁passage , ▁amount ing ▁to ▁over ▁ ▁in ▁Ha ʻ ap ai . ▁ ▁Initial ▁reports ▁from ▁Nu ku ʻ al of a ▁on ▁December ▁ 3 1 ▁indicated ▁severe ▁agricult ural ▁damage ▁but ▁few ▁infrastr uct ural ▁losses . ▁Following ▁the ▁passage ▁of ▁W aka , ▁communication ▁with ▁N iu as ▁and ▁V ava ' u ▁were ▁lost . ▁According ▁to ▁local ▁reports , ▁high ▁wind s ▁sand blast ed ▁Ne ia fu ▁and ▁down ed ▁nearly ▁every ▁tree . ▁Sur ve ys ▁by ▁the ▁Red ▁Cross ▁revealed ▁that ▁roughly ▁ 2 0 0 ▁homes ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁were ▁sever ely ▁dam aged ▁or ▁destroyed ▁and ▁those ▁left ▁standing ▁lost ▁their ▁roof s . ▁V ava ' u ▁lost ▁roughly ▁ 9 0 % ▁of ▁its ▁cro ps , ▁including ▁essential ▁food ▁cro ps ▁such ▁as ▁t aro , ▁y ams ▁and ▁ban anas . ▁In ▁Ha ' ap ai , ▁one ▁person ▁died ▁from ▁card iac ▁arrest ▁brought ▁on