Tsunami Waves and heavy rain hit Fiji
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Tsunami Waves and heavy rain hit Fiji
NICKY PARK
March 2, 2010 - 2:39PM
AAP
Fiji has been soaked by surges of sea water and heavy rain.
Villagers at Tukavesi on the island of Vanua Levu headed for the hills after heavy waves came crashing into their homes on Sunday night, the Fiji Times reported.
A tsunami warning was issued for most of the Pacific on Sunday morning after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake shook Chile, killing more than 700 people.
Fiji's Disaster Management Office told New Zealand Radio that locals had taken the warnings very seriously, with last year's deadly tsunami fresh in their memory.
Police Spokesman, Inspector Atunaisa Sokomuri, told AAP that people along the coast of Vanua Levi were evacuated from their homes for about an hour on Sunday night.
"The waves went into the village and receded back," Sokomuri said.
"Immediately after the waves receded people were instructed to return to their villages ... (that was) about an hour after the incident happened."
He said some homes and belongings had been damaged by the waves.
Fiji also copped heavy rain, caused by a low pressure trough moving over the South Pacific island.
Families were moved to higher ground and some roads in Viti Levy and Vanua Levu were closed on Monday.
Despite predictions by the Meteorology Department of flash flooding on Tuesday, Sokomuri said the rain had eased.
"The rain is no longer falling ... the flood waters have receded and everything is back to normal again."
Tsunami Waves and heavy rain hit Fiji
NICKY PARK
March 2, 2010 - 2:39PM
AAP
Fiji has been soaked by surges of sea water and heavy rain.
Villagers at Tukavesi on the island of Vanua Levu headed for the hills after heavy waves came crashing into their homes on Sunday night, the Fiji Times reported.
A tsunami warning was issued for most of the Pacific on Sunday morning after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake shook Chile, killing more than 700 people.
Fiji's Disaster Management Office told New Zealand Radio that locals had taken the warnings very seriously, with last year's deadly tsunami fresh in their memory.
Police Spokesman, Inspector Atunaisa Sokomuri, told AAP that people along the coast of Vanua Levi were evacuated from their homes for about an hour on Sunday night.
"The waves went into the village and receded back," Sokomuri said.
"Immediately after the waves receded people were instructed to return to their villages ... (that was) about an hour after the incident happened."
He said some homes and belongings had been damaged by the waves.
Fiji also copped heavy rain, caused by a low pressure trough moving over the South Pacific island.
Families were moved to higher ground and some roads in Viti Levy and Vanua Levu were closed on Monday.
Despite predictions by the Meteorology Department of flash flooding on Tuesday, Sokomuri said the rain had eased.
"The rain is no longer falling ... the flood waters have receded and everything is back to normal again."
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