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International aid began trickling in on Wednesday to areas of Tonga devastated by Cyclone Gita, as Fiji escaped the worst of the storm's fury. Military aircraft from Australia and New Zealand flew emergency supplies to Nuku'alofa, which was battered early TuAid reaches cyclone-hit Tonga as storm passes Fiji
International aid began trickling in on Wednesday to areas of Tonga devastated by Cyclone Gita, as Fiji escaped the worst of the storm's fury. Military aircraft from Australia and New Zealand flew emergency supplies to Nuku'alofa, which was battered early Tuesday by the most powerful cyclone ever recorded in the capital. Fiji feared similar destruction when the tempest moved over its southern Lau islands early Wednesday, but initial indications were encouraging. Fiji's maritime rescue centre said there had been no reports of casualties in the remote and sparsely populated islands, while state broadcaster FBC said three houses had been destroyed, along with plantation crops. «At this stage it seems Fiji can count itself lucky in terms of the amount of damage,» Fiji Disaster Management Office director Anare Leweniqila told the New Zealand Herald. ... Read more