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Cook Islander describes ‘severe’ impact of Tropical Cyclone Alfred in Australia

Cook Islander Archie Atiau says the impact of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, which affected South East Queensland and the New South Wales North Coast, Australia, has been severe.

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PNG must expect weather extremes

PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister has spoken out about recovery activities underway following concurrent disasters involving both drought and heavy rains in various parts of the country.

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Fiji has to 'start from scratch'

SUVA – The death toll from Cyclone Winston has risen by one to 43.

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Bainimarama hailed as a 'messiah'

silana – Cyclone-hit villagers have hailed Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama as a biblical “messiah”.

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'Destruction hard to comprehend'

SOSO – Humanitarian aid agency Care Australia is helping Fijians in the devastated Soso village in the Yasawa Islands, after the devastating impact of category five Cyclone Winston.

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Winston's media honeymoon is over

PACIFIC VIEWPOINT By Gray Clapham CI News Regional Editor

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Village hero killed by cyclone

NASEIBITU – Atunaisa Raralevu was determined to save 15 people trapped in a house at the height of Tropical Cyclone Winston at Naseibitu Village in Tailevu.

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John John wins giant wave challenge

WAIMEA BAY – Brock Little would have absolutely loved it. The epic drops, the brutal carnage, the rowdy crowd, and the big-wave brotherhood gathering at Waimea Bay for just the ninth running of The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau, the same sacred event that made Little famous.

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Disaster affecting thousands of children

SUVA – The tens of thousands of children in Fiji affected by Cyclone Winston must receive the right psychosocial support, says the aid agency Unicef.

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Aid effort 'missing the boat'

AUCKLAND – A Pacific community leader in Auckland is upset at what he calls “a heartless approach” from the New Zealand government to the collection of aid for cyclone-hit Fiji.

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Fiji: Nearly 60,000 people homeless

SUVA – The damage bill from Cyclone Winston in Fiji has already reached $650 million, the government says, with thousands of people still living in evacuation centres.

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Massive Waimea as 'Eddie' called on!

WAIMEA BAY – The world’s top big wave surfers are out in giant Waimea Bay waves honouring one of Hawai‘i’s most prestigious surfing events.

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Fiji faces infrastructure rebuild

SUVA – Aid has begun arriving in some of the remote areas of Fiji that were hit hardest by Cyclone Winston at the weekend.

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45,000 in evacuation centres

SUVA – The Fiji government says there are more than 45,000 people, or about five per cent of the population, in evacuation centres following Cyclone Winston.

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Baby born in damaged hospital

RA – The first post cyclone baby to be born at a maternity hospital in Fiji’s badly hit Ra province probably won’t be called Winston.

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Kiwis chip in to buy beach property

AWAROA INLET – A public campaign in New Zealand to buy a beach property in the Abel Tasman National Park has been successful.

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Fiji's tourism industry takes big hit

NADI – Fiji’s tourism industry has taken big hit following Cyclone Winston.

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Cyclones hit children the hardest

OPINION By Ethan Donnell UNICEF Fiji is reeling from one of the worst storms to hit the Pacific in fifty years after Cyclone Winston tore across the country this weekend.

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Scenes of total destruction

SUVA – Fiji is likely to need more international assistance as it rebuilds after Cyclone Winston, says a government spokesperson.

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Cyclone death toll increases

SUVA – The death toll from super-cyclone Winston that hit Fiji on the weekend has reached 42, with reports emerging of entire villages wiped out on some remote islands.

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Region rallies to support Fiji

SUVA – Fiji’s regional partner countries say they will be guided by the Fiji government over how best they can provide help in the wake of Cyclone Winston.

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