Severe cyclone causes 'Survivor' cast to evacuate for just the second time ever

Kyle Moss

Severe weather conditions continued to be an issue for contestants on Wednesday’s Survivor, as their Fijian island was pummeled by the second cyclone in just 12 days. This time it was so bad that Jeff Probst had to write one of his serious letters — letting the contestants know they had to evacuate the island.

“An hour ago, we were enjoying the sun, and then clouds blew over,” cast member John Hennigan said during the show. “It got real windy. We started getting pelted with sand and rain. Everything is soaking wet, and everyone is freezing. And now there is a river of water that is going through the bottom of our shelter.”

This is just the second full-cast evacuation in the show’s history. (The first was in 2016, during the Millennials vs. Gen X season.) But the game did go on, despite a lot of damage, with one contestant saying his camp looked like “a bomb went off.”

“We get back from being evacuated, and our shelter is obliterated,” contestant Angelina Keeley said on the episode. “There is nothing left standing. And had any of us been inside of that — I mean, it would have been game over for sure.”

With two cyclones now come and gone and two contestants out of the game because of injury, this season really is all about surviving for contestants.

“This is certainly the craziest season that I can remember, in terms of every single element of this game so far has been fraught with some kind of crazy catastrophe,” contestant Christian Hubicki said.

Survivor airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on CBS. Watch clips and full episodes of Survivor for free on Yahoo View.

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