‘Villages destroyed’ as super cyclone hits Fiji

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SUVA, Fiji (AFP) — Super cyclone Yasa flattened entire villages as it tore through Fiji, but there were no initial reports of casualties, aid agencies in the Pacific island nation said Friday. The top-of-the-scale Category Five storm made landfall on Fiji’s second-largest island Vanua Levu late Thursday, packing winds gusts of up to 345 kilometers an hour (210 miles an hour). The eye of the slow-moving cyclone took about four hours to gouge its way […]