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Yadua villagers help in the clean up of Yadua Island District School. Picture: SUPPLIED
The words of his distraught daughter, who told him they would all die together, gave Eroni Matairi renewed strength, drive and a will to survive as he pushed a building wall that had fallen over him.
Recounting the tragic events at the height of STC Yasa on December 17, the 42-year-old father of three said his children were tucked beside him and his wife was fast asleep when the incident happened.
Mr Matairi said they were lucky a piece of timber in the building they were in had cushioned the force of the heavy wall which covered his three children, wife and himself to the chest level.
24 December, 2020, 9:30 pm
Ruined homes at Votua Village in Lekutu in the wake of TC Yasa. Picture: JOSAIA RALAGO
While most families across the country will tuck into a Christmas feast, Fijians affected by super storm Yasa will be foraging in what’s left of their farms in search of food.
For the people of Nacamaki on Koro Island, Navakawau on Taveuni and those in Wailevu, Cakaudrove, this Christmas would be one of the most difficult because of the devastation caused by the Category 5 cyclone.
Vuna district representative Laisiasa Tuimouta said Christmas this year would be difficult for about 200 people in Navakawau because their farms and breadfruit crops were severely damaged.