Thomas cyclone battered Fiji

12:34 19/03/2010 » Society

Thomas cyclone battered Fiji

Tropical Cyclone Tomas battered Fiji's northern islands on the evening of March 15 with gusts of up to 275 km/h and heavy rain.
About 6,000 people were evacuated to other areas when the Category 4 storm made landfall on Vanua Levu island in the northern part of Fiji, killing one person.
It’s reported about two fatalities as a woman and a man died trying to swim through the river to its opposite shore.  

More than 100 evacuation centers were established on the South-Pacific island nation. All schools were ordered closed and the civil service networks, including aviation service, were temporarily suspended. Policies, armed forces and firefighters were mobilized to help cyclone victims. 

Source: Panorama.am

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