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Fiji sugar industry counting huge cost of Winston
2016-02-24 07:57:13| Sugar Industry News
Preliminary estimates by the Fiji Sugar Corporation have set the damage caused by cyclone Winston to sugar cane crops in the country at US $38.6 million.
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Cyclone-hit remote Fiji islands begin to receive aid, death toll 42
2016-02-24 06:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Fijian government and international aid agencies began delivering much needed aid on Wednesday to the Pacific nation's remote islands and coastal villages devastated by a powerful cyclone that killed 42 people. The death toll has crept up in the days since Cyclone Winston struck Fiji late on Saturday as communication has gradually been restored with the outer reaches of the archipelago that is home to some 900,000 people. Thousands of people are still sheltering in evacuation centers, their...
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Fiji super cyclone kills 10 & raises fears of health crisis
2016-02-21 23:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Fiji began a massive cleanup on Monday after one of the most powerful storms recorded in the southern hemisphere tore through the Pacific island nation, flattening remote villages, cutting off communications and killing at least 10 people. Aid agencies warned of a widespread health crisis, particularly in low-lying areas of the country where thousands of the country's 900,000 people live in tin shacks, after crops were wiped out and fresh water supplies blocked. Many people remained hunkered...
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Cyclone Winston: at least five dead as Fiji begins clean-up after massive storm
2016-02-21 14:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: The death toll from a massive category five cyclone that swept through Fiji is now believed to have risen to at least 10. Fiji Broadcasting Corporation says authorities have confirmed 10 people lost their lives on the western side of the island group after Cyclone Winston hit over the weekend. Its not yet clear whether this number adds to the five deaths confirmed by the Fiji government on Sunday. FBC said the 10 fatalities occurred in Ra, Nadi and Lautoka and were caused mainly by flying debris...
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Huge storm wreaks destruction in Fiji
2016-02-21 02:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wingate Wire: Tropical Cyclone Winston is bearing down on the main island of Fiji with local authorities warning of life-threatening conditions from destructive winds, torrential rain and storm surges. "It was so strong that the weather stations there actually went down, they just stopped recording", Blades said by phone from Wellington. Operations Manager of Red Cross Fiji Eseroma Ledua says, "Most of the homes roofs were blown out and so were the kitchens that were built separately from the houses, a bit...
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