Press Release – Council for International Development Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa has caused havoc overnight across Fiji, at the end of a year when the COVID pandemic has already devastated the tourism industry and disrupted lives. Reports are starting to come in of houses flattened and roads flooded, …
Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa has caused havoc overnight across Fiji, at the end of a year when the COVID pandemic has already devastated the tourism industry and disrupted lives.
Reports are starting to come in of houses flattened and roads flooded, following powerful winds that reached 350km/h. A 30-day national state of emergency has been declared by the Fijian Government.
Friday, 18 December 2020, 2:35 pm
Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa has caused havoc overnight
across Fiji, at the end of a year when the COVID pandemic
has already devastated the tourism industry and disrupted
lives.
Reports are starting to come in of houses
flattened and roads flooded, following powerful winds that
reached 350km/h. A 30-day national state of emergency has
been declared by the Fijian Government.
Many
Non-Government Organisations in New Zealand are waiting for
damage assessments so they make a decision on how to best
support a response. However, there is already concern about
whether Fijian authorities will soon also have to deal with
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