Fiji: at least four dead after Cyclone Yasa
The passage of Cyclone Yasa in Suva, the capital of the Fiji Islands, on December 17, 2020. AFP - LICE MOVONO
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Help is being mobilized this Saturday, December 19 to come to the aid of the inhabitants of the Fiji archipelago devastated by Cyclone Yasa, which left at least four dead and damage estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Yasa, a category 5 cyclone, the highest, hit Vanua Levu, the second largest island in Fiji on Thursday evening, December 17, affecting 90,000 people, according to the National Disaster Management Office.
The toll could increase when contact with the devastated areas is reestablished.
The state of natural disaster has been declared for thirty days.
The emergency services are trying to get food and clothing to the most affected areas.
Of the 24,000 people who had to flee their homes to escape the weather, 16,113 were unable to return.
The extent of the damage on the Lau Islands, on the eastern part of the archipelago, remains unknown, communications having been cut during the storm.
“
There are villages that were totally wiped out by the storm surge,
” said Fiji Red Cross operations manager Maciu Nokelvu.
(With AFP)
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