Floods warranted emergency mode says Fiji NGO

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Updated: 8:09am – A charity leader in Fiji said a state of emergency should have been declared in the badly hit area of Ba after Cyclone Josie.

Josie was the first of two cyclones to hit Fiji’s west in the space of just over a week and the town and its surrounds scored some of the most destructive flooding.

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Sashi Kiran of the organisation FRIEND said family and others provided cooked food for victims straight after Josie but a local declaration might have brought speedier help.

“The basic of water was not available for four to five days and we fear communicable disease outbreak. People were in dire need and most organisations are not able to mobilise and assist unless there is a call from the government or there is an emergency declared,” she said.

Sashi Kiran said people are starting to get water now but some areas in the west are still without.

-RNZ

Featured image: Photo: Supplied/ Matava Resort

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