The mission was vital to the success of Operation Tonga , the overall British airborne landings in Normandy .

I Corps began Process_start the eastern thrust two days later from the Orne bridgehead , which had been secured in Operation Tonga on D-Day .

Damage Damaging in Tonga was mostly limited Limiting to vegetation and fruit trees ; infrastructural damage Damaging was also relatively minor .

Operation Tonga followed , dropping Motion the division 's two parachute brigades near Caen to the east .

Wrestlers from the Heartland Wrestling Association , Jersey All Pro Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation appeared Presence on the show , as did members of the Anoa ' i family including The Wild Samoans , Afa and Sika Anoa ' i , Afa Anoa ' i , Jr. , The Tonga Kid , and HWA Tag Team Champions The Island Boys ( Ekmo and Kimo ) .

A second former WCW star , and graduate Education_teaching of the Wild Samoan Training Center , Billy Kidman beat Bodily_harm Low Ki , and The Tonga Kid and The Hungarian Barbarian defeated Conquering The Twin Tackles ( Gene Snisky and Robb Harper ) , accompanied Self_motion by Bill Alfonso , in a non-title match for the WXW Tag Team Championship .

Severe Tropical Cyclone Catastrophe Jasmine ( RSMC Nadi designation : 12F , JTWC designation : 10P ) was a powerful and long-lived annular tropical cyclone Catastrophe that affected Influence several countries , particularly Vanuatu and Tonga , over a 16-day span in February 2012 .

Jasmine inundated areas of Tonga that had already been affected Influence by Cyclone Catastrophe Cyril just a week prior .

After finishing Process_end last at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship Competition , Tonga had been relegated to the IRB Junior World Trophy and therefore did n't participate Participation in this year 's event Competition .

Shortly thereafter , it passed Motion_directional directly over Vavaʻu , Tonga , resulting in widespread damage Damaging .

Following Self_motion the storm , Tonga requested Request international aid Assistance to cope with the scale of damage .

According to a study by Janet Franklin et al. , storms Catastrophe similar in intensity to Waka , on average , strike Attack Tonga once every 33 years .

Originally scheduled Arranging for 19–29 November 2002 , the tournament Competition was postponed Change_event_time after withdrawal Escaping by American Samoa , Tahiti and Tonga .

Severe Tropical Cyclone Ron was the strongest tropical cyclone Catastrophe on record to impact Influence Tonga .

Then , Ron started Process_start weakening Cause_change_of_strength while passing Motion_directional between central Tonga and Niue on January 7 .

Sina subsequently passed Motion_directional just to the north of Tongatapu in Tonga during November 29 , before it passed Motion_directional about 160 km ( 100 mi ) to the south of Niue and near the Southern Cook Islands during the next day .

The cyclone Catastrophe caused Causation no deaths and over in damages Damaging , as it affected Influence Fiji , Tonga , Niue and the Southern Cook Islands .

Within Tonga only minor damage Damaging to weak structures , trees , banana plantations , electric and telephone lines was recorded Recording .