TIWN
Suva, Feb 1 (TIWN) One person was killed and five others were reported missing in Fiji as tropical cyclone Ana battered the South Pacific island nation.
According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) on Monday, a 49-year-old man drowned last Friday while five people, including a 3-year-old boy and two women, have gone missing during the severe weather caused by the tropical cyclone, which made landfall in Fiji on Saturday night. Ana has caused extensive damages to Fiji.
The main rivers in the nation have surged, and villages in the low-lying areas have been flooded. In some parts of Fiji, highways have been closed while power outages and landslides have been reported.
Currently, a total of 10,259 people are taking shelter in 318 evacuation centers around the island nation and the largest number of evacuees are in the northern part of Fiji with 5,776 people in 155 centers.
According to Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS) on Monday, tropical cyclone Ana is moving out of Fiji, but it will still bring rain and wind to the nation. Meanwhile, another tropical cyclone Bina has been downgraded on Monday to a tropical depression TD07F, which can still bring heavy rain, damaging wind and flood to Fiji.
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