Cyclone in Fiji kills 17 - foreign tourists leaving

Fiji has been battered by cyclones and storms which has taken 17 lives and, as a result, international tourists have panicked and have begun to flee the Pacific island nation which is the favorite travel spot for tourists of Australia and New Zealand. This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 23 February 2016.

Care Australia has indicated that the body count if the dead in Suva had jumped steeply from six previously with fears that the numbers will keep rising as news filters in from remote areas. The severe tropical cyclone Winston, the first category five storm in Fiji, had struck the Pacific nation with wind gusts of 325 kilometres per hour, and left behind a trail of destruction.
The cyclone, the strongest ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, had flattened scores of homes, crippled infrastructure and forced terrified residents to run for shelter in evacuation centers. The full scale of the disaster would be known only after communications were restored with the remote communities that experienced the storm's full fury.
For international tourists who are caught up in the disaster, they will begin to leave as flights resumed at Nadi airport after a two-day suspension. Air New Zealand has confirmed that one of its aircraft departed at 9:30 AM (local time) and other carriers including Jetstar, Virgin Australia and Fiji Airways were also expected to begin operations again.
Fiji's economy relies heavily on tourism and the island chain is a major destination for people of Australia and New Zealand.


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