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Cyclone Ana hits Fiji causing flooding with one man drowned, several missing
A 49-year-old man has drowned and five people are missing after Cyclone Ana hit Fiji over the weekend.
Key points:
- The category two storm is the first cyclone of 2021 in Fiji
- The force of Ana took many in the country by surprise
- It’s the second cyclone to hit Fiji in two months, after Cyclone Yasa in December
Disaster authorities said a three-year-old boy is among those missing in floodwaters.
The other four were fishermen who had gone out earlier in the week as the storm developed, according to local media.
While the category two storm is the first cyclone of 2021 to hit the country, the force took many by surprise.
ABC correspondent Lice Movono, who lives in the capital Suva, said the intensity of the cyclone was unexpected.
“It was a huge…
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