Fiji floods

FBC news reports this is coupled with a heavy rain warning in place for the whole of the country.

A Tropical Disturbance over Tongan waters is expected to affect Fiji from Saturday.

Authority Acting Chief Executive Saman Ekanayake says many water plants and sources had been submerged in water.

Mr Ekanayake says most of the Authority locations had been repaired and were back online.

However he says a major station supplying the capital Suva had been severely damaged by a landslide which meant nearly 50,000 people were still facing disruptions.

The opposition party said this would enable people to get immediate government assistance.

The NFP said Rakiraki, parts of Qamea which has been hit by landslides, and other areas should be declared disaster zones.

The party said there should be rehabilitation packages for crop and house damage and it's called for army engineers to clean up, distribute rations and repair badly damaged infrastructure.

It said the town and district of Ra has suffered millions of dollars worth of damage.

RNZ reports large parts of the central and northern divisions have been underwater after a tropical depression moved past the country over the weekend, damaging crops and infrastructure.

More than 3,000 people sought shelter in evacuation centres, and a landslide destroyed a school, a health centre and two houses on Qamea island, in the country's north.

Akapusi Tuifagalele said that today, river levels are slowly starting to recede, a hospital in Nausori that was relocated has moved back, and evacuation centres are starting to close.