Tropical Cyclone Winston has claimed five lives so far.
National Disaster Management Office Director, Akapusi Tuifagalele says that one man in Koro, two in Ovalau, one from Qelekuro in Tailevu and one from Ra.
He also says five people have been injured and they are from Kade Village in Koro.
All houses in this village have been destroyed including the church, school and community hall.
Evacuation centers around the country have been activated.
The Central division has 65 evacuation centers with 1077 occupants, the Northern Division has 12 centers with 41 people, the Eastern Division has 6 centers with 116 people while the Western Division has 1 with 20 people.
The National Disaster Management Office says for the Northern and Western Division, they are still doing their rounds and an updated figure on the number of activated evacuation centers and people in them will be provided later.
NDMO says their officers are on the ground in the Northern and Western Division to get a clearer picture of the situation in these places and a report will be given later.
Flights are scheduled to continue from today but confirmation will have to be given by Civil Aviation Authority of Fji.
NDMO says that all tourists are safe.
NDMO says the divisions are doing their initial damage assessments, which will be followed by detailed sectoral assessments to verify damage and cost on the ground.
There are also negotiations with the Australian government with a possibility of providing helicopters, ration assistance to maritime areas and assessment teams and Medical Evacuation.
FEA has started restoring power and some parts of the Central division now have power.
Looking at the situation report,
34 houses have been damaged in Tavua village.
In Yanuca Village, there are reports that 17 houses have been destroyed and 2 houses have been paritally damaged. Villagers have been evacuated to the Methodist Church with 66 adults and 20 children.
Nasaumatua village in Ovalau has five houses that have been completely destroyed and five houses are partially damaged.
Lovoni village has 7 houses completely destroyed.
17 houses were partially damaged and two roof tops were blown away.
There are no reports of any damages to dwelling houses in Southern Lau.
Other parts of Lau which include Vanuabalavu, Tuvuca, Cicia and Yasayasa Moala could not be contacted because of network problems.
The next Emergency Council meeting will be held at 10am today.
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