More than 3500 people were evacuated to emergency shelters in Fiji as the biggest cyclone in 20 years swept across the Pacific island nation, just days after the storm killed four people and destroyed thousands of homes in nearby Samoa.
Tourist resorts on many of Fiji's islands have been evacuated and authorities warned people to remain in shelters yesterday as Tropical Cyclone Evan battered the country, blowing over trees and destroying houses.
Authorities said Cyclone Evan had generated destructive winds of up to 170mph.
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