Archive for March 17th, 2010
NZ to help Fiji
The Government says it will provide assistance to cyclone-struck Fiji for as long as necessary. “We will do whatever we have to do,” Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully said late this afternoon. Cyclone Tomas, which has now been downgraded to a storm, has killed at least one person, left more than 18,000 homeless, damaged hospitals [...]
Australia $1m aid to Fiji after Cyclone Tomas
THE Federal Government is sending up to $1 million in emergency assistance to Fiji after Cyclone Tomas cut a path of destruction through the island. Fiji has declared a state of emergency after the category four cyclone hit yesterday, with lives lost and up to 17,000 evacuated from their homes. Australia will send a C130 [...]
Seventeen Aussies missing after Cyclone batters Fiji
THE Australian Government is trying to contact 17 of its citizens missing in Fiji’s north after a devastating Cyclone Tomas ravaged the Pacific Island nation. A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman said the High Commission in Suva had managed to contact 35 Australians registered in Fiji’s northern district, but had been unable to [...]
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