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Minister for Education Rosy Akbar says they will be providing temporary learning shelters such as tents to schools that they will not be able to repair or rebuild in time for the opening of the 2021 school year. A
It was an experience that the people of Coboi in Bua will never be able to forget as Tropical Cyclone Yasa nearly killed a 2 weeks old baby. Coboi Sanatan School Headteacher Ramesh Kumar says the baby was sleeping
The National Disaster Management Office has deployed 10,000 food ration packs and non-food items to affected villages and communities in the Northern Division. NDMO Director Vasiti Soko says they are sending 10,000
The National Disaster Management Office has confirmed two more fatalities because of Tropical Cyclone Yasa bringing the total to 4. NDMO Director, Vasiti Soko says one man aged 50 years died in Ra while a 70 year o
A 67-year-old man is the third confirmed fatality due to Tropical Cyclone Yasa. This has been confirmed by Minister for Disaster Management, Inia Seruiratu. Seruiratu says the man was from Yadua Island in Bua
The National Disaster Management Office says they are looking at as early as tomorrow to mobilize a team to deploy food rations to areas affected by Tropical Cyclone Yasa. The NDMO says they will look into the Nor
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says Tropical Cyclone Yasa has claimed the life of a 3-month-old baby and a 45-year-old farmer near Labasa. Bainimarama says they sadly expect fatalities to rise. The Prime Mi
2 people have passed away due to Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa. The Director of the National Disaster Management Office, Vasiti Soko says one death was recorded in the North and one in the Western Division. Sok
The centre of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa is located about 40 kilometres West of Lakeba and has been downgraded to a Category 3 Cyclone. Close to its centre the TC Yasa currently has winds upto 155 kilometres per hour
The centre of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa is located about 50 kilometres North North West of Koro and continues to track into the Koro Sea and then to Southern Lau. Yasa is taking this path after leaving a trail
The centre of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa is now located about 60 kilometres South-East of Labasa and continues to move in a southeasterly direction as it goes over the Koro Sea and over Southern Lau. Close to its
The Nadi Weather Office says the centre of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa is expected to exit Vanua Levu this hour however the hurricane-force winds will continue as the rest of the system continues to track out of the No
The Nadi Weather Office says the centre of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa is still over Bua and the whole category 5 cyclone is expected to cross Vanua Levu over a 3 to 6 hour period. The centre of the system will go
The Nadi Weather Office says the centre of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa is over Bua and the whole category 5 cyclone is expected to cross Vanua Levu in 3 to 6 hours. The centre of the system will go over Nasau and
The Nadi Weather Office says the centre of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa is currently over Bua and the whole category 5 cyclone is expected to cross Vanua Levu over a 3 to 6 hour period. The centre of the system wil
The Nadi Weather Office says the centre of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa is expected to make landfall over the province of Bua at 8pm tonight. Yasa’s centre is expected to be located about 90 kilometres West South
The centre of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa is located about 215 kilometres North of Nadi and it continues to track towards us. Close to its centre the cyclone is expected to have very destructive winds upto 250 kilome
A hurricane warning is in force for parts of Viti Levu from Nadi to Rakiraki to Korovou to Navua, and Yadua, Kia, Mali, Vanua Levu, Taveuni and nearby smaller islands, Yasawa group, Matuku, Moala, Totoya and Lomaiviti g
A Tropical Cyclone Warning remains in force for Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni, Yasawa, Mamanuca Group and nearby smaller islands, Matuku, Moala, Totoya and the Lomaiviti Group. A Tropical Cyclone Alert remains in
The centre of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa is now located about 540 kilometres North West of Nadi and continues to head towards Fiji. Cyclone Yasa has intensified to a category 5 system and close to its centre, the cyc
