All civil servants who are currently within reach of their respective work places are advised to return to work.

Permanent Secretary for PSC Parmesh Chand said this advice is only for those civil servants who are within the vicinity of their work place and are able to return to work for the rest of the afternoon.

Meanwhile, the Fiji Hoteliers Association president Dixon Seeto said all stakeholders in the tourism industry took heed of the tsunami warning and evacuated all tourists to high ground.

Seeto said the situation is under control and all tourists should now be making their way back to the resorts.