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THE CYCLONE MISSED THE FIJI ISLANDS, BUT ITS RAIN BANDS DIDN’T April 3, 2012

THE CYCLONE MISSED THE FIJI ISLANDS, BUT ITS RAIN BANDS DIDN’T April 3, 2012. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA. 8,000 evacuated from Viti Levu, the main island of The Fiji Islands. FLOODING: BA TOWNSHIP ON VITI LEVU, THE MAIN ISLAND.

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THE CYCLONE MISSED THE FIJI ISLANDS, BUT ITS RAIN BANDS DIDN’T April 3, 2012

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  1. THE CYCLONE MISSED THE FIJI ISLANDS, BUT ITS RAIN BANDS DIDN’TApril 3, 2012 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

  2. 8,000 evacuated from Viti Levu, the main island of The Fiji Islands

  3. FLOODING: BA TOWNSHIP ON VITI LEVU, THE MAIN ISLAND

  4. FLOODING IN BA TOWNSHIP

  5. FLOODING IN BA TOWNSHIP

  6. FLOODING

  7. INITIAL REPORTS • One-third of homes in Ba township without power • Clean drinking water a top priority • 2.000 Australian tourists stranded while on holiday in Nadi • 5 dead (Floods in the same region killed 11 in January)

  8. INITIAL REPORTS • Roads ripped away and inoperable • A school was under water • 1-km long lines at service stations

  9. RELIEF PARTNERS • Fiji’s National Disaster Management Office • Fiji Red Cross • UN Office of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) • Act for Peace

  10. INTERNATIONAL RELIEF ASSISTANCE • Australia pledged $ 1 million Australian dollars ($1.04 million USD). • New Zealand pledged $ 500,000 New Zealand dollars ($ 413,000 USD)

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