Our RCL Chairman will have Banaban House Suva opened as soon as possible for planned emergency meeting there at 2pm Suva time. All Banabans living in Fiji should try and rally there to offer assistance, food, clothing, etc. and to assist your councillors. Please contact your local churches for assistance and other NGOs, Red Cross to rally support.

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Our chairman Paulo Vanulailai has told me that the first DISMAC team just make a quick visit to only 2 villages and Paulo has called them back yesterday to do an IMPORTANT full assessment of the island. He is awaiting their report which is essential to try and get the proper outside aid Rabi needs. They have already set up their only Rabi DIMAC that will make a COMPLETE report that is expected back within 24hours. As soon as Ken can get his satellite phone link go on Rabi.…

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Through the cloud cover, damaged houses. [Fiji One]

Campbell Cooney, Liv casben Last Updated: 17 hours 32 minutes ago

The death toll from a cyclone that hit Fiji has risen to three after emergency…

Thursday, March 18, 2010

A RELIEF run to hurricane-struck areas in the Northern Division is being organised by a cruise ship company that has close ties to the area.

Morika Hunter-Young, of the tourist vessel Tui Tai, said the company's charitable arm was organising relief supplies to be shipped to Rabi and Kioa islands, and Natewa Bay and Udu Point on Vanua Levu.

"We cruise that area every day and they are everything about…

Source: Fiji Red Cross Society Date: 18 Mar 2010

Red Cross has today relocated all our Northern Divisions Relief Operations to Labasa to strengthen our response and relief efforts for communities and areas affected in the Division.

Centralised in Labasa, and in close collaboration with our Emergency Response Teams,…

This news just came in from Miriam in USA.

I was able to reach my friends (Lenny & Alison) by cell phone about 3 hours ago. They told me that everyone with boats went to Hurricane Harbor and that only one person was hurt that…

I just spoke with Notue, my younger daughter who is with DISMAC and she did mentioned DISMAC did mentioned they flew over Rambi Island yesterday and reproted nothing urgent, from the air, therefore there was nothing much to report from Rambi. I still feel there is more to go and see regarding the needs of our Banaban people right now…

Villagers on the cyclone-battered Fijian island of Koro had their chainsaws, shovels and assorted tools out today clearing roads, rebuilding homes and dealing with damage from winds which gusted to 240kmh.

Koro, to the northeast of the main island of Viti Levu, was badly damaged by Cyclone Tomas in the last two days, with many homes among the island's 14 villages badly damaged or destroyed.

Fijians hunkered down during cyclone…

Updated March 17, 2010 17:26:28

In Fiji disaster management teams are on their way to the northern and eastern islands, as Cyclone Tomas moves out of the area. It's suspected the Lau group of islands is worst hit, but the massive category four storm has…

We have set up a direct DONATIONS fundraising page and Ken will be leaving for Fiji to try and get across to Rabi as soon as he gets his emergency passport through.

If you can help him please contact us.

He will be looking at taking in emergeny food and assessing the situation as soon as possible.

Have just heard that Fiji military and navy will try to send in assessment team to the northern region which is great but as we know with experience from the past, Rabi seems…

Posted 45 minutes ago A powerful cyclone is battering Fiji's northern islands, damaging homes and crops as thousands of people flee to evacuation centres. Fiji's Meteorological Service says Cyclone Tomas is classified as a category-four cyclone - the second-most destructive on a five-point scale - and is packing winds averaging up to 175 kilometres per hour. There are no early reports of casualties, although reports said one woman drowned over the weekend in stormy seas. The cyclone is…

This is the worse cyclone we have seen, in fact there are two Cyclones either side of Fiji and they are saying Tomas is a big as KATRINA. To realise just how bad the situation is go to: http://www.goes.noaa.gov/sohemi/sohemiloops/shirgmscol.html to see the acutal real time view of what is heading towards our famiies back…