Residents of Labasa namely Nawadamu and Vunivau say that it has stopped raining in their areas and add that some people are beginning to clean their houses after the floods.

However some of the roads are still inaccessible to the public.

Roshni Kumar of Vunivau said that the people are expecting the worst as flood waters started rising around 3.30 this morning and they are taking all the necessary precautions for this afternoon.

Kumar adds that the situation has not normalized.