By Sonia Feng SYDNEY, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Fiji will issue a $50 million "green" bond in coming weeks to help combat the effects of global climate change, the first developing country to do so, its...
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Thousands of Fijians shelter in evacuation centres from floods, landslides
Worst-hit areas in western Fiji are still recovering from February's devastating Cyclone Winston SYDNEY, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Thousands of Fijians sheltered in evacuation centres and tents on Tuesday...
Fiji floods ease, 11 dead and 9,000 evacuated
SUVA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The death toll from floods in Fiji has risen to 11 and 9,000 people are now sheltering in evacuation centres, but the worst floods in decades in the South Pacific island...
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Tens of thousands abandon flooded Pacific villages
By Michael Perry SYDNEY, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of South Pacific islanders have abandoned their homes in the past two months as huge waves, storm surges, king tides and heavy rains...
State of emergency declared in flood-stricken Fiji
By Malakai Veisamasama SUVA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Fiji declared a state of emergency and curfews after severe storms and flooding struck the Pacific island nation, killing eight people and forcing...
Thousands evacuated after floods in Fiji
By Malakai Veisamasama SUVA, April 16 (Reuters) - Up to 8,000 Fijians were evacuated to high ground and a typhoid warning was issued on Friday as soggy residents of the South Pacific nation's main...
Eleven missing in Fiji flash floods
By Malakai Veisamasama SUVA, April 15 (Reuters) - Eleven people are missing in flash floods in Fiji, leaving families stranded on roof tops, highways cut and the capital Suva isolated, officials said...
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Cyclone Ami hits Tonga, Fiji surveys damage
By Mary Fonua NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Cyclone Ami roared over the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga on Wednesday, a day after it smashed into neighbouring Fiji, flooding towns and possibly...
Cyclone Ami tears through Fiji, two feared dead
By Malakai Veisamasama SUVA, Fiji (Reuters) - Cyclone Ami tore through parts of Fiji on Tuesday, gaining strength after it destroyed homes and unleashed floods across northern islands, possibly...