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  Dec 17, 2020 09:00:23 AM There has been no change in the track of the incoming severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa category 5. According to the latest cyclone track released by the Fiji Meteorological Services, Tropical Cyclone Yasa will make landfall over the Yasawa Group by 3 pm this afternoon. It will be passing at the Western tip of Vanua Levu and head towards Koro by 9 pm. National Disaster Management Office director Vasiti Soko is urging people to move to the evacuation centers now before the category five cyclone hits. Soko in a press conference said the public is not to take the warn...

  Dec 17, 2020 01:09:06 PM Residents in Bua, Vanua Levu are living in fear following the latest weather bulletin that states the eye of Severe Tropical Yasa category 5. According to the weather office, the category five Tropical Cyclone Yasa will hit Vanua Levu directly as it continues to maintain its movement towards the Fiji group. The cyclone is expected to have average winds up to 240 kilometers per hour with momentary gusts to 345 kilometers per hour. The weather office said the cyclone is moving East-Southeast at about 15 kilometers per hour. The Fiji Meteorological Service senior...

  Dec 17, 2020 09:47:12 AM People of Yasawa have started to feel the brunt of the incoming severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa category 5. Jale Tikomailapanoni of Naviti Island said they had started to feel strong winds and heavy downpour last night. Tikomailapanoni said they have moved women, children, and the disabled to evacuation centers to ensure there are no casualties. He said learning their mistakes from previous cyclones, people had started moving to evacuation centers since Tuesday and the village headman has advised evacuees to minimize movement. He said while women, children, the d...

Dec 17, 2020 09:03:59 AM People should expect disruptions in power supply from today as Tropical Cyclone Yasa category 5 continues to head towards Fiji. Energy Fiji Limited chief executive Hamkush Patel says power disruptions is to ensure there are minimum damages caused by the incoming category five cyclone. Patel said the restoration of electricity will depend on the extent of the damages caused by the system as it took them seven months to restore power after Cyclone Winston in 2016. He said it cost EFL $35 million to restore electricity after Cyclone Winston in 2016. Patel said the s...

  Over 530 evacuees are in twenty-four evacuation centres all over Fiji. A statement issued by the National Disaster Management Office said 44 households living close to the transmission line in Cunningham were evacuated to Delainamasi Primary School this morning. The statement said evacuation centres in the Central, Western and Northern Divisions have been activated and occupied. This after a hurricane warning was in force for the Yasawa Group, Viti Levu, Yadua, Galoa, Kia, Mali, Vanua Levu, Taveuni, and nearby smaller islands, Matuku, Moala, Totoya and Lomaiviti Group. The National Di...