Suva, Apr 15: Hundreds of people were today evacuated in Fiji as authorities battled with rising flood waters less than a week after severe storm that killed at least nine people on the Pacific nation, authorities said.
There have been no reports of casualties from latest storm, which hit the main island of Viti Levu early this morning, Disaster Management Chief Joeli Rokovada told a news agency.
"But the weather report says we can expect more rain in the central division so all we are doing now is preparing for that," he said.
In Nauva, west of here, 500 people had to be evacuated
today by the Fiji Navy as waters rose on flood plains around a
nearby river.
"The police, military and navy have all been called in
and are assisting in moving people to evacuation centres,
Rokovada said.
"We are expecting more rain. Advisories are being
consistently put out for people to be cautious and that we
really would prefer people to come to the evacuation centres."
"We really can't tell how long they'll have to remain
there or how many people are there because they continue to
trickle in as our men on the field reach the areas they are
located in."
The government is already distributing food relief to
those at the evacuation centres.
Bureau Report
