1 dead, 5 missing after Tropical Cyclone Ana battered Fiji AccuWeather 1/31/2021 Maura Kelly
Tropical Cyclone Ana lashed Fiji with strong winds and a deluge of rain this weekend. As residents begin rescue and recovery efforts, AccuWeather meteorologists warn another storm may follow quickly behind.
After developing into a tropical cyclone early Friday morning, local time, Ana continued to drift south toward Fiji. By Sunday, the storm strengthened into a Category 2 tropical cyclone on the Fiji intensity scale as it passed near the Yasawa Islands and made landfall over Viti Levu.
Ana was equivalent to a strong tropical storm on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale used in the Atlantic tropical basin as it made landfall.