A State of Emergency in the Western division, 114 evacuation centres, 6,600 evacuees, thousands of homes and families affected, crops damaged, many roads and bridges damaged and no water and power supply in most of the western division.

That is the situation at this stage following the flooding from last Thursday which is still affecting a number of residential areas in Nadi, Ba and Rewa.

Although the Nadi, Ba, Sigatoka and Nausori towns are clear, some may be cleaning up and doing maintenance works for days.

But it is not all over as yet as rain continues in Nadi and another threat is developing that Nadi may get affected during high tide at 7:21 tonight. Another tropical depression will also move into the Fiji group from tomorrow and it is expected to bring similar weather conditions to the one from last Thursday.

The National Disaster Management Office is reminding people that despite the ray of sunshine we saw in the morning around Suva, the flood warning is still in place for the whole of Fiji.

Deputy DISMAC Director, Patiliai Dobui said the news that they are receiving from Nadi is not good and the warning is still in force for the whole of the Western division, the Central division as well as the Northern division.

He advises people in the Western, Northern and Central division to take the weather reports seriously and take precautions. Fijivillage, 12/01/09.