Fiji is now faced with a humanitarian crisis with over 147,000 people in need of urgent food rations, clean water and some a roof over their heads.
The Fiji Human Rights Commission (FHRC) Chairperson Dr. Shaista Shameem while commending the efforts of DISMAC, the Red Cross and other agencies in individuals, stresses that there is also a health crisis looming due to water borne diseases.
DISMAC confirms that the number of people who are in urgent need of immediate food rations has increased by around 10,000 since yesterday with an estimated 147,000 flood victims now requiring assistance.
Senior Officer Laisenia Naitila said figures received from their survey team this morning that in the Central Division 30,667 people need assistance and in the Western Division 116,328 people
have also called for emergency food supplies.
Naitila said these are progressive figures as DISMAC teams are still on the ground visiting flood victims while the figures from the North are yet to be obtained.
He also said his team is trying to distribute all food supplies to flood victims in a weeks times time including those victims
who live in areas not accessible by road as arrangements are currently being made to airlift rations for them.
Meanwhile, over 1000 people are still occupying evacuation centers in the Western and Eastern Division.
