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Fiji begins to feel cyclone effects
Updated 16 December 2012, 21:52 AEST
Matt Wordsworth in Fiji, wires and staff
Authorities in Fiji are trying to evacuate tourists and residents in low-lying areas as Tropical Cyclone Evan starts to lash the Pacific nation's north coast.
Authorities in Fiji are trying to evacuate tourists and residents in low-lying areas as Tropical Cyclone Evan starts to lash the Pacific nation's north coast.
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On high alert
There are fears the category four cyclone could strengthen and generate winds of up to 300 kilometres an hour.
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Serious threat
Today's briefing also saw the Fijian prime minister repeat his earlier address to the nation, stressing the severity of the storm and the threat it posed to the country of 900,000 people.
"It has winds up to 180 kilometres an hour which may intensify, and if the weather forecasters are correct it will affect Fiji in a very damaging way, bringing about destructive winds and flooding," he said.
"I cannot stress how serious this is, every Fijian will be affected."
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Destruction in Samoa
Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has sent a message of sympathy to his Samoan counterpart, Tuilaepa Sailele.
The confirmed death toll in Samoa from the cyclone has risen to four, with another eight people missing and feared dead after being swept away when Apia's main river burst its banks.
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Updated 16 December 2012, 21:52 AEST
Matt Wordsworth in Fiji, wires and staff
Authorities in Fiji are trying to evacuate tourists and residents in low-lying areas as Tropical Cyclone Evan starts to lash the Pacific nation's north coast.
Authorities in Fiji are trying to evacuate tourists and residents in low-lying areas as Tropical Cyclone Evan starts to lash the Pacific nation's north coast.
...
On high alert
There are fears the category four cyclone could strengthen and generate winds of up to 300 kilometres an hour.
...
Serious threat
Today's briefing also saw the Fijian prime minister repeat his earlier address to the nation, stressing the severity of the storm and the threat it posed to the country of 900,000 people.
"It has winds up to 180 kilometres an hour which may intensify, and if the weather forecasters are correct it will affect Fiji in a very damaging way, bringing about destructive winds and flooding," he said.
"I cannot stress how serious this is, every Fijian will be affected."
...
Destruction in Samoa
Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has sent a message of sympathy to his Samoan counterpart, Tuilaepa Sailele.
The confirmed death toll in Samoa from the cyclone has risen to four, with another eight people missing and feared dead after being swept away when Apia's main river burst its banks.
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