Fiji assesses damage after cyclone hits
Fiji is assessing the damage caused by cyclone Evan.
Winds of 270km/h winds uprooted trees and homes, ripped roofs off buildings and caused widespread power and water outages.
Flights in and out of Fiji were cancelled and more than 8000 people – including stranded tourists – took refuge in evacuation centres or boarded up hotels.
With winds stirring up massive swells, two ships ran aground near the entrance to Suva harbour and cruise lines were forced to divert itineraries.
But Fijian authorities say there have been no reported casualties, unlike in neighbouring Samoa, where the cyclone killed at least four people and left another 10 missing.
Fiji Hotels and Tourism Association president Dixon Seeto told the Fiji Times with Samoa’s damage bill tentatively pegged at USD300 million, Fiji’s would be significantly more.
Air New Zealand resumed flights to Nadi today.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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