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The National Disaster Management Council has agreed to the deployment of troops to Fiji’s northern and eastern areas, declared natural disaster areas this morning in the wake of damage caused by Cyclone Tomas.
“The Prime Minister has directed all government ministries to prepare support for relief,” said DISMAC operations officer Anthony Blake.
“The immediate needs right now for the affected areas are food rations. Some have been in evacuation centres since Saturday. Even if they brought they own food, it would have finished by now,” said Blake.
“We will need to clear up land passages and aerial assessments are to begin soon,” he said.
“Navy personnel will also be deployed.”
DISMAC expects an initial assessment to be carried out as early as tomorrow morning as the cyclone has passed the northern division and is now moving towards southern Lau.
