Nadi underwater, flights cancelled, many stranded
MELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, March, 2012) - Residents of Fiji's Western Division are bracing for more flooding with river levels expected to peak.
The Suva-based Nadraki weather service said rain was beginning to ease late Friday but more flooding was likely overnight.
"There's a likelihood of more rain, but with the river levels already high, it could bring back more flooding," Nadraki meteorologist Neville Koop told Pacific Beat .
Heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks in the west of the main island Viti Levu on Friday, taking water levels higher than those experienced during a six-day deluge in January which claimed 11 lives, meteorologists said.
Police said they were not aware of any deaths in the latest disaster, which cut off the town of Nadi, home to Fiji's international airport, as well as other centres including Ba, Lautoka, Rakiraki and Sigatoka.
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