Fiji Braces as Deadly Cyclone Evan Approaches Pacific Islands
This article is for subscribers only.
Fiji, an island chain in the South Pacific, is bracing for the arrival of tropical cyclone Evan, which left two people dead and 3,000 others homeless in Samoa last week.
The category 4 cyclone was about 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of the northwestern island of Yasawa-I-Rara at 8:02 a.m. local time, moving at about 22 kilometers per hour, according to the Fiji Meteorological Service website. Winds at the storm’s center will average 185 kilometers per hour, with some gusts as strong as 270 kilometers per hour, the agency said.