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Super cyclone Yasa levels Fiji villages
The human cost of Yasa could have been worse had it not landed in the sparsely populated Bau province.
By Leon Lord
December 18, 2020 03:04 GMT
Super cyclone Yasa flattened entire villages as it tore through Fiji, aid agencies said Friday, with one person reported dead as rescue workers raced to the worst-hit communities in isolated areas of Pacific island nation.
Yasa made landfall late Thursday as a top-of-the-scale Category Five cyclone, lashing Fiji s second-largest island, Vanua Levu, with wind gusts of up to 345 kilometres an hour (210 miles an hour).
The storm triggered floods, landslides and blackouts before moving out to sea early Friday, where it rapidly weakened to a Category Three system.
The Straits Times
Villages flattened, baby killed as super cyclone hits Fiji
A man working on a damaged house in Bua province, Fiji, in the aftermath of Cyclone Yasa yesterday. Yasa made landfall at the Pacific Island nation on Thursday as a Category Five cyclone. It triggered floods, landslides and blackouts before moving out to sea, where it weakened to a Category Three system.PHOTOS: REUTERS
Vanua Levu, Fiji s second-largest island, was inundated by the storm. Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said two deaths had been confirmed - a 45-year-old man and a three-month-old baby - and he expects fatalities to rise.
Press Release – International Committee of the Red Cross Suva/Kuala Lumpur, 18 December 2020 Cyclone Yasa has slammed into Fiji, with initial reports showing extensive destruction across the island nation with tens of thousands of people affected. Packing wind gusts of up to 345 kilometres per hour, …
Suva/Kuala Lumpur, 18 December 2020 – Cyclone Yasa has slammed into Fiji, with initial reports showing extensive destruction across the island nation with tens of thousands of people affected.
Packing wind gusts of up to 345 kilometres per hour, the Category 5 storm is one of the strongest to ever hit any country in the Pacific.
Fiji Red Cross Society Director-General Ilisapeci Rokotunidau said:
Cyclone Yasa: Two dead as storm tears through Fiji
Yasa made landfall at the Pacific Island nation late on Thursday as a top-of-the-scale Category Five cyclone
A view shows partially flooded land in the aftermath of Cyclone Yasa in Wailevu, Vanua Levu, Fiji in this still image from drone video obtained via social media. Reuter
A view shows flooding in the aftermath of Cyclone Yasa in Wailevu, Vanua Levu, Fiji in this still image from drone video obtained via social media. Reuters
A fallen tree due to Cyclone Yasa lies on Transinsular Road in Fiji. Fiji Roads Authority / Reuters
People remove debris due to Cyclone Yasa at Velau Drive in Fiji. Reuters