Fiji Time: 6:56 PM on Tuesday 16 March
Update: 5:41PM A CURFEW, imposed on the Northern, Eastern and Central divisions in the midst of the hurricane-force Cyclone Tomas, has been reviewed and will be lifted at 4am tomorrow. more...
Update: 3:57PM WATERS surrounding the islands of Fiji will continue to experience heavy seas with swells of four metres or higher for the next two to three days. more...
Update: 3:37PM CATEGORY 4 Tropical Cyclone (TC) Tomas is expected to pass Fiji's southern-most island, Ono-i-Lau, around midnight tonight or early tomorrow. more...
Update: 2:00PM HURRICANE WARNING 037 ISSUED FROM RSMC NADI Mar 16/0102 UTC 2010 (Fiji Daylight Saving Time is UTC plus 13 hours) more...
Debris strewn around Fiji's northern-most town, Labasa, on Vanua Levu in the wake of TC Tomas. The hurricane is now affecting southern Lau group. Picture: THERESA RALOGAIVAU See related story…
Update: 9:19AM HURRICANE Tomas, the Category 4 Tropical Cyclone (TC), is on its final 12 hours of intensity, and is currently hammering the Lau Group. more...
Update: 3:04AM SCHOOLS will remain closed today and essential service staff will report to work. more...
Update: 2:14AM MORE than 10,000 people are sheltering in 178 evacuation centres around the country. more...
Update: 12:15AM DISASTER management officials have lost contact with the Lau Group as Hurricane Tomas heads further south. more...
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