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(Photo : Unsplash) At least four people, including a baby three months old, died in Cyclone Yasa, a category five storm that brought devastation in Vanua Levu, the second largest island of the nation Fiji, last Thursday evening.
In anticipation of the storm, Fiji s government issued a nationwide emergency and also implemented a curfew. Everyone was required to be inside overnight for 14 hours last Thursday. It was estimated that 95 percent of the population of the country, or 850,000, were going to be affected directly by Yasa.
According to the country s office of disaster management, 23,479 looked for overnight shelter in 457 evacuation centers last Thursday up to the morning of Friday. Thousands of others took shelter in church halls and caves.
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Gold Coast residences and businesses.
Gold Coast, Queensland residents devoted the morning to cleaning their surroundings after the torrential rains had passed and caused flooding in low-lying locations yesterday.
A week of torrential rains
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In Queensland, residents were plagued with heavy rains and floods, inundating Gold Coast residences and businesses.
Within two hours, there were 122 millimeters of rain experienced by Oyster Creek residents, which left roads, homes, and businesses flooded at the nearby areas of Tallebudgera and Currumbin.
Steve, a resident of Currumbin Waters, lost his two cars when the floodwaters effectively destroyed them as he was protecting his home. According to him, the water reached three-fourths of the way to the cars wheel.