Archive for March 16th, 2010
Fiji storm grounds Aussie flights
AUSTRALIANS bound for Fiji have had their holiday plans disrupted as a severe cyclone menaces the Pacific nation. Airlines have delayed or cancelled flights between Australia and Fiji due to category four Cyclone Tomas. Tomas battered the Lau and Lomaiviti island groups off Fiji’s northern coast today, causing flooding and pounding seas. But officials say [...]
State of disaster as Cyclone Tomas hits Fiji
Fiji has declared a State of Disaster in the north and eastern regions, and Cyclone Tomas isn’t finished yet – in fact it’s strengthening.Emergency services still don’t know how badly the outer islands have been hit, because communications with them are still out. In the main centres, like Suva, it was a rough and scary [...]
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