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26 Mar 1997

Fiji
Cyclone Gavin costs Fiji about 27 million dollars

Report
— Australian Broadcasting Corporation
(2:32pm AEDT)

A Fiji government report says the total cost of damage caused by Cyclone Gavin in the country is around 27-million-dollars.

The Fiji Times says Cabinet has already approved the provision of about 2l8-thousand-dollars for emergency food rations to affected families on the outer islands.

The Disaster Management Committee report lists the main priority as the provision of emergency relief, especially in the outer islands of the Yasawa Group, Malolo, Vatulele, Yadua and Kia.

The government has also decided to provide

Australian Broadcasting Corporation:

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14 Mar 1997

Fiji
Fiji - Cyclone Gavin DHA Situation Report No. 4

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
DHAGVA - 97/0112
1. The DHA South Pacific Programme Office (SPPO) reports that the National Disaster Management Committee met on 13 March 1997. A complete damage report regarding the impact of cyclone Gavin should be completed next week. To date, no request for international assistance has been made and a decision on this matter is not expected before the full damage report is available.

2. The death toll has increased to 7, with 18 persons missing.

3. Preliminary reports from the Yasawa Group indicate extensive damage to crops and 80 per cent damage to all

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13 Mar 1997

Fiji
Cyclones Play Havoc in South Pacific Island Nations

Report
— Counterpart International
Contact: Counterpart's Washington DC office at (202) 296-9676 or info@counterpart.org
It is high cyclone season in the South Pacific and a series of cyclones is devastating the small islands. The worst of these, Cyclone Gavin, swept through Wallis and Futuna, Fiji and Tuvalu.

Two people are known dead, 13 people are missing at sea and presumed dead, 50,000 people have lost their homes, several hundred thousand people have lost their bread fruit trees and food crops, electricity and phone lines are mostly down, communications rely

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09 Mar 1997

Fiji
Fiji Cyclone Gavin Situation Report No.3

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0093
1. Tropical cyclone Gavin continues to move away to the south of the Fiji group, with latest reports placing the centre at about 200 km south of Vitu Levu.

2. Following the meeting of the National Disaster Management Committee (NDMC) on 9 March, the DHA South Pacific Programme Office (SPPO) provides the following update on the situation.

3. To date, four deaths have been reported. Search and rescue operations at sea are continuing with assistance of the New Zealand Orion reconnaissance aircraft.

4. Roads: Most major roads are

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08 Mar 1997

Fiji
Fiji Cyclone Gavin Situation Report No.2

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
1. Tropical cyclone Gavin has now cleared the Fiji Island group and is moving South.
2. According to the DHA South Pacific Programme Office (SPPO) situated in Suva, Fiji, only preliminary information on damage caused by the cyclone is available at this stage due to interruption of telecommunications with the Western Division (Ba, Lautoka, Nadi and the Yasawa Islands) and adverse weather conditions making aerial reconnaissance difficult. Suva escaped the main destructive winds but experienced power failures, flooding, trees uprooted and roofs being damaged in some areas.
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07 Mar 1997

Fiji
FIJI- Cyclone Gavin Information Bulletin No. 1

Report
— IFRC
The context
As of 1500 Fiji time on Friday, Cyclone Gavin was directly over the Yasawa Group of islands in the South Pacific. The path expected is southward to within 50 kilometres of Nadi, the major international airport for Fiji. The intensity continues with winds up to 240 kilometres per hour. Severe wind and storm surge damage is expected along the west coast of Viti Levu island.

Red Cross/Red Crescent action

The Fiji Red Cross is on alert and has reported that, in Suva, power poles and lines are down, with some streets

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06 Mar 1997

Fiji
Fiji Cyclone Gavin Situation Report No.1

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
THIS MESSAGE IS NOT AN OFFICIAL CYCLONE WARNING OR ALERT FOR ANY COUNTRY
SITUATION

1. The Nadi Meteorological Centre reports that on 6 March 1997, at 13.00 hrs local time (01.00 hrs gmt), tropical cyclone Gavin was located near latitude 12.6 degrees south and longitude 179.5 degrees east, approximately 420 km north of Labasa, Vanua Levu, Fiji. Close to its centre, the cyclone is estimated to have average winds up to about 170 km/h with gusts up to 230 km/h.

2. The cyclone is likely to intensify further and is moving south at about 20 km/h towards Fiji. On this

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