Death toll in Fiji rises to 44 with a 10-month-old baby among those presumed dead after catastrophic Cyclone Winston tore through the country wiping out whole village
The island nation of Fiji is in a state of natural diaster after Cyclone Winston left a trail of destruction and heartbreak
The Category Five tropical storm struck with 325km/h gusting winds on Saturday night, leaving 44 dead
Heartbreaking photos show some of the 35,000 people – including children and the elderly – who are now homeless
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is warning his devastated nation it faces a long and difficult recovery
By LUCY THACKRAY
DailyMail.com
25 February 2016
Fiji is in a state of natural disaster and its people are in urgent need after Cyclone Winston ripped through the Island nation and left a trail of destruction and heartbreak with 44 dead, more than 35,000 homeless and everyone – babies, families and the elderly – with nothing.
Devastating images show the impact of Fiji’s biggest ever storm, with debris scattered everywhere and nothing but single walls standing for some homes.
Mothers cradle children in the wreckage of their homes, children huddle together as they seek refuge at evacuation centres and fragile, elderly citizens are forced to fend themselves, left with nothing but the shirt on their backs.
A state of natural disaster and a nationwide curfew had been declared for the next 30 days by the Fijian Government, who has initiated the clean-up process by clearing the huge amounts of debris scattered everywhere.
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is warning his devastated nation it faces a long and difficult recovery.
‘Almost no part of our nation has been left unscarred,’ Mr Bainimarama said in a national address on Wednesday.
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