Fiji

Fiji's State of Natural Disaster ends tonight

The declaration had been issued in February after the country was hit by Cyclone Winston.

The NDMO's director, Akapusi Tuifagalele, told FBC News that this also signaled that the Australian and New Zealand Defence Forces had completed their recovery work - seven weeks after they were deployed.

Tropical depression brings flooding to Fiji's Vanua Levu

Amit Singh, a senior forecaster at the Fiji Meteorological Service, said the system, TD17F, made landfall on the northern island yesterday, bringing with it heavy rain and strong winds.

He said Vanua Levu received 24-hours of very heavy rainfall, which has flooded low-lying areas and damaged crops, according to reports received by the service.

Tropical depression continues to affect Fiji

Fiji Times Online reports the inclement weather, which has brought heavy rainfall and strong winds in some parts of the country, is being caused by Tropical Depression TD17F, which was located about 310 kilometres north-north-west of Nadi at midday yesterday.

It is moving towards the country at 15km per hour.

Fiji Meteorological Service director Ravind Kumar said the concern for Fiji was the associated strong winds, rain and the likelihood of flooding of low-lying areas.

Post-cyclone rebuild package, reforms, announced in Fiji

The package, announced by Frank Bainimarama in Suva, included grants for new building materials and a new, more stringent, building code.

"Cyclone Winston has not only brought the Fijian people together and made us stronger than before," Mr Bainimarama told a room full of government ministers and dignitaries, "it has also helped identify a number of gaps that we urgently need to address."

Concerns over food security in Fiji

Many newly planted seedlings were drowned in the deluges brought by tropical depressions this week.

Sune Gudnitz of the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Suva said replanting will have to start again.

Cyclone Zena downgraded, moving away from Fiji

Zena comes after several days of intense rain in the west of Fiji that has already left several thousand in shelters and claimed at least one life.

Yesterday, it was upgraded from a category 1 to a category 3 storm, with winds gusting up to 170km/h at its centre.

Fiji on alert as Cyclone Zena intensifies

The storm has intensified over the morning from a category 1 storm to a category 3 storm, with winds of 120km/h close to its centre, gusting to 130km/h.

The west of Fiji has been deluged with rain since Sunday and now strong winds are forecast.

RNZ lnternational's Sally Round is in the Fijian city of Lautoka.

Fiji floods: One reported dead, one missing

The body of a 70-year-old man was found floating in the Sabeto River this morning, FBC News reported.

The broadcaster said the man was believed to have gone for an early morning swim.

A 19-year-old girl, meanwhile, has been reported missing after she was washed away by strong river currents last night.

Flooding continues as cyclone heads towards Fiji

As of 6am Cyclone Zena was located approximately 740km west of Nadi.

Fiji Metservice said the category 2 cyclone was a fast-moving system and was intensifying and gale force winds were expected to reach Fiji by this afternoon or evening.

Flooding in Fiji has cyclone-hit towns fleeing again

About 200 people were expected to shelter at Tavua District School in the northwest of the main island, Viti Levu.

One of the school buildings still has a gaping hole in its roof after the category five Cyclone Winston tore through little more than a month ago.