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Initial assessments confirm more than 300 houses damaged after TC Yasa Initial assessments confirm more than 300 houses damaged after TC Yasa Kia Island, Macuata.[Image: Keira Rose] Preliminary impact damage assessments from the divisions have identified damage sustained to more than 300 houses in the Northern and Eastern Divisions after Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa. The teams from the divisions were deployed to affected communities and villages last week following the aftermath of TC Yasa. Government officials from Viti Levu have also been deployed as part of the 120 personnel deployment to Vanua Levu to assist in conducting the assessments in the North. The team is in Vanua Levu and will begin with assessments and distribution of emergency food packs and non-food items today. ....
Yasawa-I-Rara’s main source of food on land destroyed Yasawa-I-Rara’s main source of food on land destroyed Yasawa. [Image: Supplied] Yasawa-I-Rara Villager, Kitione Tuni says their plantations that was their main source of food on land has been destroyed. Tuni says they are now left with no crops and vegetables after they were all uprooted by destructive winds and storm surges brought about by Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa. He says they are now surviving on partially-damaged and uprooted crops and vegetables, but this would rot in two to three days. Tuni says the villagers will bake these crops to preserve it, but this can only last for a week. ....