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People are helped to get to safety by local police
Photo: Fiji NDMO
The storm developed into a Category 2 storm after initially sweeping past the Yasawas as a Category 1 system.
It proceeded to cut a swathe through the northern and eastern parts of Viti Levu, including Suva.
As of Sunday the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) said a 49-year-old man had drowned and was the first casualty from the storm.
Five others were missing, including a three-year-old boy.
Correspondent Lice Movono, who lives in the capital, said there may have been a degree of complacency leading up to the storm.
it s like we flipped the switch in one day. today is june 1st. before the forecast with the rain today, this is the beginning of our hurricane season. nothing out there of any interest right now. typically june is quiet. in may we had our a. named storm. here s the forecast. average is about 12 named storms. they re calling below average. the big ones the cat threes we haven t had any of those hit our country in over a decade. one of the longest stretches ever. we ve been fortunate and lucky. we don t expect many this year. maybe we is can add one more year of the list. we have flash flood watches from hartford providence and down to d.c. yesterday this was flash flooding in the atlanta area. we had it around new york but these pictures in atlanta are