Apr 04, 2016 at 06:38 am

Bad Weather

Update posted by Kylie Zhong

So you know how I'm in Fiji to help after Cyclone Winston... Well, turns out there may be a more immediate crisis impacting the area. There are two tropical lows near Fiji now (TD14F and TD15F), meaning crazy winds (80+ kph) and 200mm of rain in the past 24 hours. Areas including farms and homes are already flooding, roads are under water, people are wading waist deep. Many shops and businesses including the medical centre are closed for the safety of their workers. Locals say this happens about once per year. There are no named tropical cyclones yet, there is a moderate chance that one of these systems will upgrade to one. This is bad because there are people and families in Rakiraki and other areas that are living in tents after the cyclone, and now need to move again and sleep in an already cramped evacuation centre. After packaging some emergency packs with Fiji Red Cross today, there is no more work to be done until the weather gets better and further damage can be assessed in order to direct efforts.

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