Cyclone Yasa: two die in Fiji as storm lays waste to second-largest island

Baby among those killed when category-five storm hit, destroying hundreds of buildings

A three-month-old baby was one of two people killed when category-five Cyclone Yasa tore through Fiji’s second-largest island Vanua Levu on Thursday night. The cyclone destroyed hundreds of buildings and caused hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of damage.

By Friday, the full extent of the damage was yet to be revealed as many parts of the affected island remained without communications and were cut off by flood waters.

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