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    Two dead, more than 2,500 evacuated as Cyclone Sarai lashes Fiji

    29 Dec 2019

    The Fiji National Disaster Management Office said one person was in intensive care and more than 2,500 people had moved to 70 evacuation centres. The category two tropical cyclone is not expected to make landfall in Fiji, though its weather service has issued storm and flood warnings for parts of the country.

    Fiji to reopen for tourism as it hits vaccine milestone

    09 Oct 2021

    Changes to the country's virus restrictions would be announced on Sunday afternoon after 80 percent of the adult population received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

    New Zealand overrun Wales; series champs Fiji edge Japan

    06 Dec 2019

    The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series returned with a bang on Thursday with five of the eight men’s matches on day one of the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens 2019 decided

    Two missing, 2,600 in shelters as Cyclone Tino hits Fiji

    18 Jan 2020

    The Fiji Meteorological Service said the wind gusts from Tino had increased to 155 kilometres per hour (96 miles per hour) and the danger of "destructive storm-force winds" and flooding remained.

    South Pacific holiday hotspot Fiji eyes virus-free tourism bubble

    24 Jun 2020

    Tourism-reliant Fiji has proposed a "travel bubble" to welcome visitors from virus-free countries, as the South Pacific holiday hotspot desperately tries to revive its stalled economy.

    Fiji tourism hit with climate change and the coronavirus pandemic

    19 Dec 2020

    The coronavirus-induced shutdown of Fiji's tourism industry is not the only crisis in the Coral Coast paradise, with climate change posing a longer-term threat to the region's marine environment.

    Fiji under curfew, state of disaster as Cyclone Yasa approaches

    17 Dec 2020

    Cyclone Yasa, a top category five storm, is expected to bring winds of up to 250 kmh (155 mph) and torrential rain across the South Pacific archipelago nation when it makes landfall early on Friday.

    Fiji cyclone kills at least 2, destroys dozens of homes

    18 Dec 2020

    Vasiti Soko, the director of the National Disaster Management Office, told reporters the cyclone hit with wind gusts of up to 345 kilometers (214 miles) per hour.

    Powerful cyclone leaves trail of destruction in parts of Fiji

    20 Dec 2020

    Aerial assessment showed that Bua province on the northern island of Vanua Levu suffered 70% damage and destruction, while the small island of Kia was completely destroyed, Fiji Red Cross Director General Ilisapeci Rokotunidau said.

    Cyclone Harold tears through Vanuatu, bears toward Fiji

    07 Apr 2020

    The powerful cyclone made landfall on Monday in Sana province, an island north of Vanuatu's capital Port Vila, with winds as high as 235 kilometres an hour (146 miles per hour) knocking out communications overnight, according to reports by the government's disaster and weather bureaus.

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