Cyclone Evan batters Fiji, stranding tourists

Category 3 Tropical Cyclone Evan left a swathe of destruction across Fiji after battering the Pacific nation for more than 12 hours, destroying homes, flooding rivers and stranding thousands of tourists. Almost 8,500 locals sheltered from the cyclone in evacuation centers, while thousands of international tourists, many relocated from outlying islands for their own safety, rode out the storm in the resorts of main island Viti Levu, which bore the brunt of the cyclone’s fury overnight. With Fiji’s extensive planning as the storm advanced, officials said there were no reported fatalities as the storm headed out to sea early December 18.


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