Tropical Cyclone Ana
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A family of six from Soasoa Labasa are counting their lucky stars after they escaped unharmed when a landslide moved their house by almost 10 metres during the heavy rain brought by TC Ana.
Kamlesh Kumar says his parents, brother, sister-in-law and 2 nieces managed to move out of the house moments before the incident.
Kumar says at around midday Sunday, his family could feel something was about to happen as they could feel their house moving.
He adds they didn’t take any risk and moved out immediately.
The family is currently living with other relatives as they wait for things to normalise before they start repair works.
Over 2000 people in 56 evacuation centres
Over 2000 people in 56 evacuation centres
2,051 people are currently sheltered in 56 evacuation centres around the country.
National Disaster Management Office Director, Vasiti Soko says 33 evacuation centres are open in the Northern Division with 1,508 people.
Soko says 505 people are taking shelter in 19 evacuation centres in the Western Division.
1 evacuation centre is open in the Central Division with 12 evacuees and 3 evacuation centres are open in the Eastern Division with 26 evacuees.
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TD05F to develop into a cyclone early tomorrow as it heads towards Fiji
TD05F to develop into a cyclone early tomorrow as it heads towards Fiji
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Be ready for widespread heavy rain, flooding and damaging winds as Tropical Depression 05F is expected to develop into a cyclone early tomorrow as it heads towards Fiji.
TDO5F is located midway between Fiji and Vanuatu or about 550 kilometres West North West of Nadi.
The Nadi Weather Office says the system is currently moving North East at about 15 kilometres per hour and is expected to track South East towards Fiji in the next 24 hours.
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