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A Lot Need Immediate Assistance

Visiting villages hardest hit by the flash flooding in the Western Division, the Communications Fiji Limited team say there have been alot of people affected who are in need of immediate assistance. Visiting villages ha

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Children Plead For Assistance

The children in the worst flood affected area in Navakai, Nadi are pleading for assistance to enable them to go to school next week. Our News Director Vijay Narayan is currently on tour in the Nadi area and spoke to 12-

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Parts Of Nadi Like A War Zone

Some areas in Nadi now resemble a war zone with thousands of residents still trying to come to terms with the severity of the flash floods which ravaged the western division last week. Our news director Vijay Narayan is

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Overwhelming Response For CFL Flood Appeal

A Child’s Education Is Very Important Homes can be re-built and plantations re-farmed, however a child’s education would be lost forever. Those were the sentiments of the Coordinator for the appeal to Get t

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Donations Pour In

With the children and their future at heart, generous donations have now started pouring in for the appeal to get the children back to school in the worst flood affected areas. The appeal organized by Communications Fij

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CFL Starts Flood Appeal

An appeal to get the children back to school in the worst flood affected areas starts this hour. The appeal organized by Communications Fiji Limited radio stations, Legend FM, FM96, Viti FM, Navtarang, Sargam and websi

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31 Days Of Curfew From 6pm-6am

A curfew from 6pm to 6am is now in place for Labasa, Nadi and Ba towns for the next 31 days. Director Police Operations SSP Waisea Tabakau said they are restricting movement in these towns for the safety of shop owners

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Nadi Town On Curfew

Nadi has been imposed with a curfew so that a cleanup can start without any hindrance. Nadi Mayor Timoci Koroiqica said that the Council imposed the curfew that will start this morning, adding that their efforts will he

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Water Supply Yet To Be Restored In Ba

Water supply has not been restored and it will take time to get supply back to normal because the damages to the infrastructure are huge. Ba Water Supervisor Naresh Chandra said they have not been able to restore the su

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A lot Needs To Be Done-Interim PM

Interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama has stressed that Fiji is now witnessing the severe effect of the worst natural disaster Fiji has ever been through. Commodore Bainimarama said that he has visited Nadi

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Thousands of Families Need Assistance

Thousands of families now need assistance as they have been severely affected by the worst natural disaster to hit Fiji in the past week. In Nadi alone there are many families who have suffered a lot and are lacking the

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Damages More Than $100M in Nadi

Nadi town which is also known as the tourist town or the jet set town is today looking like a Ghost Town, with extensive damages to shops and infrastructure in the area, and residential areas badly hit, agricultural crop

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Take Precautions – Weather Office

People are asked to continue to take precautions as there is still the possibility of flash flooding in certain areas. Nadi Weather Office director Rajendra Prasad said flash flooding in the northern division is still q

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Flood Waters Recede

Water has receded in the Western Division and this has seen a few strategic roads been given the all clear by Police. The Lautoka Police Command Centre said that rain has ceased in many towns in the Western Division. I

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Situation Worsens in Nadi

For the third time in as many days the Nadi River has once again burst its banks. Nadi Mayor Timoci Koroiqica has confirmed flood waters are beginning to enter into villages in the low lying areas with some places in th

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More Flooding Predicted in Labasa

Flood waters in Labasa town and other areas are now slowly receding, however, police are still closely monitoring the situation as they believe the Labasa river may again burst its banks later today. Police spokesperson

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Heavy Rain Continues in Nadi

Flood waters in Nadi town continue to rise as heavy rain has started again. Nadi Mayor Timoci Koroiqica said there is about 2 feet of water in town. He has stressed that a curfew is in place in Nadi. Meanwhile, Na

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Severe Flood Warning in Force

A severe flood warning remains in force for the whole of the Fiji group today. Severe flooding of the major rivers is also expected. We start off this hour with an update from the northern division. There is about

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Nadi, Labasa River Burst Its Banks

The Nadi and the Labasa rivers have burst their banks in the last hour as heavy rain continues. The Nadi River burst its banks as the high tide came in at around 8:30 this evening. Our reporter Gulsher Ali confirmed th

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Curfew Declared In Ba, Lautoka, Nadi, Sigatoka

We start off our Flood Update this hour with a curfew declared in Ba, Lautoka, Nadi and Sigatoka. Police Deputy Director Operations, Erami Raibe confirms that the curfew period starts from 6 o’clock tonight to 6a

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