Cyclone Harold hits Fiji ahead of its Covid-19 preparation
The category five cyclone destroyed buildings but there are no report of deaths so far
08 April 2020 - 11:37
Sydney — A powerful tropical cyclone battered the South Pacific island nation of Fiji on Wednesday, witnesses said, destroying buildings and causing injuries in Suva, the capital, pressuring a population already bracing for the coronavirus outbreak.
Cyclone Harold, its strength ranked in the highest category of five, passed over Fiji’s south at about midday, leveling homes and snapping communications links in the archipelago, which has adopted curbs on movement to rein in Covid-19...
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