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Villages destroyed as super cyclone hits Fiji 1 published : 18 Dec 2020 at 04:45 1 A Fijian boy carries a bag to a temporary shelter to avoid strong damaging winds from super cyclone Yasa in the capital city of Suva on December 17, 2020. SUVA (FIJI) - Super cyclone Yasa flattened entire villages as it tore through Fiji, but there were no initial reports of casualties, aid agencies in the Pacific island nation said Friday. The top-of-the-scal...

Print Article A resident of Fijis capital Suva prepares his home for the arrival of super Cyclone Yasa Lice MOVONO Text size UPDATES with cyclone making landfall Super cyclone Yasa slammed into Fijis second-largest island Thursday, tearing roofs off buildings as it triggered flash floods and landslides in the Pacific island nation. After days of dire warnings about widespread destruction, Fijis Met service said the top-of-the-scale Category Five storm made landfall on Van...

Thursday, 17 Dec 2020 04:51 PM MYT A resident of Fiji’s capital Suva prepares his home for the arrival of super Cyclone Yasa. — AFP pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. SUVA, Dec 17 — Super cyclone Yasa slammed into Fiji’s second-largest island today, tearing roofs off buildings as it triggered flash floods and landslides in the Pacific island nation. After days of dire warnings about widespread destruction, Fiji’s Met service said the...

Super cyclone hits Fiji bringing floods, landslides  Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama earlier warned the storm was so big that its impact was likely to be felt across the entire country. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- People repair a house in the preparation for cyclone Yasa in the Tamavua neighborhood of Suva, Fiji on Thursday. (Photo | AP) By AFP SUVA (FIJI): Super cyclone Yasa slammed into Fijis second-largest island Thursday, tearing roofs off buildings as it triggered flash floods an...

Share on Twitter Fiji has declared a state of natural disaster, ordering its entire population to take shelter ahead of a nightly curfew as a Category Five tropical cyclone approached the Pacific Island nation.  Cyclone Yasa is expected to bring winds of up to 250 kilometres per hour and torrential rain across the South Pacific archipelago when it makes landfall.  It was on track to hit Fiji late on Thursday and the National Disaster Management Office said around two-thirds of the...

By TANYA SMITH-CARTWRIGHT tsmith-cartwright@tribunemedia.net TREVOR Basden, director of the Department of Meteorology, is excited about the possibility of his department’s usage of the proposed Aviation, Climate and Severe Weather Network, a system that can catapult the country’s aviation and meteorological departments into cutting edge performances. On Monday, The Tribune unveiled the network with it declaring: “$472 Million First-of-a-Kind Aviation, Climate, Marine, Ocean and Severe Wea...

Fijians Told To Seek Shelter As Super Cyclone Closes In By Leon Lord 12/16/20 AT 2:10 AM Fijians living in the path of an approaching super cyclone were told to hunker down at home or flee to emergency shelters immediately on Wednesday, as authorities warned the storm has the potential to uproot buildings and cause mass destruction. The Fiji Meteorological Service said Cyclone Yasa had intensified to a top-of-the-scale Category Five storm, with devastating gusts of up to 280 kilometres per ...

Story highlights Fijis National Disaster Management Office director Vasiti Soko urged anyone who doubted their homes structural integrity to prioritise survival over protecting their property and escape right away Fijians living in the path of an approaching super cyclone Yasa were told to stay put inside their homes or immediately seek adequate shelter on Wednesday. The authorities have warned that the storm has the potential to destroy buildings and cause mass destruction.  The Fiji Meteorol...

Share Thousands of residents in northern NSW have been ordered to evacuate as flooding worsens, following days of heavy rain and strong winds along the eastern coastline. Byron Bays beaches face further erosion as wild weather and hazardous swells lash the northern NSW coastlines.  Getty The La Nina weather pattern, which occurs when equatorial winds push up ocean temperatures and encourage cloud development, delivers 20 per cent more rainfall than the long-term average and is commonly associa...

Posted: Dec 12, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 12, 2020 A crew aboard a research ship prepares to deploy a wave glider, an autonomous device that monitors ocean conditions. Important scientific initiatives meant to provide a steady flow of data to researchers have been delayed or cancelled in recent months due to the pandemic.(Ocean Tracking Network)