1. THE CYCLONE MISSED THE FIJI ISLANDS, BUT ITS RAIN BANDS DIDN’T April 3, 2012
More lectures at Disasters Supercourse -
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. 8,000 evacuated from Viti Levu, the main island of The Fiji Islands

3. FLOODING: BA TOWNSHIP ON VITI LEVU, THE MAIN ISLAND

4. FLOODING IN BA TOWNSHIP

5. FLOODING IN BA TOWNSHIP

6. FLOODING

7. INITIAL REPORTS One-third of homes in Ba township without power
Clean drinking water a top priority
2.000 Australian tourists stranded while on holiday in Nadi
5 dead (Floods in the same region killed 11 in January)

8. INITIAL REPORTS Roads ripped away and inoperable
A school was under water
1-km long lines at service stations

9. RELIEF PARTNERS Fiji’s National Disaster Management Office
Fiji Red Cross
UN Office of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Act for Peace

10. INTERNATIONAL RELIEF ASSISTANCE
Australia pledged $ 1 million Australian dollars ($1.04 million USD).
New Zealand pledged $ 500,000 New Zealand dollars ($ 413,000 USD)