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Two Fiji navy boats are scheduled to leave Suva early tomorrow morning for the Lau group and Lomaiviti taking food, tarpaulins and other relief supplies for areas worst affected by Tropical Cyclone Tomas.
The preparations have been announced as the Nadi weather office predicts a return to good weather for most parts of the country tomorrow.
Director of Meteorology Rajendra Prasad said the western division and central divisions should be experiencing mostly fine weather tomorrow.
Prasad predicts Cyclone Tomas, currently located near southern Lau, is expected to be out of the Fiji group by tomorrow afternoon, having almost doubled its pace to 18 to 20 kilometres per hour.
“The boats are scheduled to leave tomorrow morning but it all depends on the weather actually,” DISMAC operations officer Anthony Blake said.
“Helicopters are also on standby in Nadi to distribute relief items once the weather clears,” he said.
“The immediate needs right now are tarpaulins, water tanks, water containers, water purification tablets especially for areas that now have contaminated water and food.”
