Fiji: Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa Situation Report No. 03 (as of 22 December 2020)
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• Assessments in affected areas are continuing and teams on the ground are increasing daily;
• Small-scale distributions of food rations and NFIs have begun is some of the most affected areas;
• Critical infrastructure and essential services continue to be restored, although some hard-to-reach areas are still facing problems with access to water, power outages and connectivity;
• Some 8,000 persons are still in Evacuation Centres; the vast majority in the Northern Division.
Situation Overview
Restauration of critical infrastructure and essential services continues throughout the affected areas. The Water Authority of Fiji has made good progress in re-establishing access to water in the Northern Division, the most severely hit area in the country. Energy Fiji Limited has also restored most of the power. Problem areas are Rakiraki (20%), areas outside Labasa (5%), and a
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Fiji: Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa Situation Report No. 01 (as of 18 December 2020)
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On 17 December, 2020, TC Yasa cut a path of destruction across Vanua Levu. It was the strongest cyclone since TC Winston in 2016 to hit Fiji;
NDMO estimates that some 93,000 people (21,000 households) living in the most affected areas of the cyclone.
02 persons have been confirmed dead;
The damage of the cyclone is estimated by the government to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars;
A 30 day State of Natural Disaster has been declared.
Situation Overview
TC Yasa, with Cat 5 intensity, made landfall over Vanua Levu, Fiji, in the evening of 17 December. It caused heavy destruction to infrastructure, buildings and agricultural areas. The Government of Fiji speaks of hundreds of millions of dollars. It was the strongest storm in the basin since TC Winston in 2016 and the strongest in the cyclone season 2020 – 21.
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