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Two people are dead, tourists are trapped, and others have already fled the islands after severe flooding in parts of Fiji, mainly in the Western Division.
Many places are under water after a storm dumped 400 millimetres of rain in 12 hours.
Rivers burst their banks, flooding 40 villages and leaving many homeless.
Tourists on the resort of Denarau Island are trapped, after the only road to the airport was inundated.
Nadi, Ba and Rakiraki are the towns badly hit.
Roads are closed in Nadi and Lautoka and travel restrictions are in force around Suva in an effort to prevent people getting into trouble.
The two dead were two young men swimming across floodwaters at Ba.
The flooding is expected to continue well into the coming week.
- NEWSTALK ZB
