1) Island of Tuvalu 
Funafala is an inhabited islet of Funafuti, Tuvalu with a population of about 22 inhabitants. Funafala means `the pandanus of Funa`, the name of a chief, after whom also the group has been named Funafuti. ==Cyclones of 1883 & 1972== George Westbrook, a trader on Funafuti, recorded a Cyclone that struck Funafuti in 1883. At the time the Cyclone s.....