New category 1 cyclone to affect Vanuatu

The category 1 system is expected to intensify into a category 2 system overnight.
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A new tropical cyclone is about to be named east of Vanuatu.

Cyclone forecasters at the Fiji Metservice have confirmed to RNZ Pacific that the system will be named Seru by Tuesday afternoon.

The category 1 system is expected to intensify into a category 2 system overnight.

On its currently forecasted path, the system will pass down the eastern side of Vanuatu, before curling to the southeast and passing to the far south of Fiji.

More on this developing story to come…