Cyclone Harold Slams Into Fiji As Category 5 Storm

The powerful storm leveled homes and snapping communications links in the archipelago.

SYDNEY - A powerful tropical cyclone battered the South Pacific island nation of Fiji on Wednesday, witnesses said, destroying buildings and causing injuries in Suva, the capital, pressuring a population already bracing for the coronavirus outbreak.

“We’ve seen reports of injuries,” Vasiti Soko, the director of the National Disaster Management Office, said by telephone.There were no immediate reports of deaths, but about 10 houses in Suva were reported destroyed, Soko added. Emergency officials were scrambling to establish contact with the southern island of Kapavu, after the storm severed communications with it, Soko added.Buildings were badly damaged as Cyclone Harold swept past Vanuatu's capital of Port Vila on April 7.

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