Topic: Hurricanes and Cyclones
Fiji cyclone damage overwhelming, leader says
AP News
Fiji cyclone damage is overwhelming, prime minister says as troops start relief operationsA powerful cyclone destroyed more than half the houses in many villages in northern Fiji, but only one death has been reported, officials said Thursday. The full extent of the damage from Cyclone Tomas has yet to be ...
Madagascar tropical storm death toll up to 54
AFP Global Edition
A tropical storm that battered Madagascar last week has left at least 54 people dead and nearly 100,000 others homeless, the disaster management agency said Wednesday. Madagascar's southeastern regions were the worst affected by the tropical storm Hubert, which has so far been the most devastating since the ...
Relief effort launched in storm-ravaged Fiji
AFP Global Edition
International relief supplies began arriving in cyclone-ravaged Fiji on Wednesday as reports emerged of widespread destruction in isolated parts of the Pacific nation. Officials said there were estimates that half the buildings in the eastern Lau group of islands had been destroyed or badly damaged by Cyclone Tomas and two ...
Relief effort underway in Fiji after Cyclone Tomas
AFP Asian Edition
Relief efforts got underway Wednesday in Fiji after Cyclone Tomas devastated areas in the north and east of the Pacific nation, officials said. The category four cyclone -- the second strongest on a five point scale -- was weakening and moving away from the south of the country, allowing surveys of the ...
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