Storm Surge – Pacific ocean – east – Fiji

March 19, 2010 on 12:29 am | In Disasters | Comments Off
EDIS Number: SE-20100319-25374-FJI
Date / time: 19/03/2010 04:28:41 [UTC]
Event: Storm Surge
Area: Pacific ocean - east
Country: Fiji
State/County: Unknow
City: Unknow
Number of Deads: None or unknow
Number of Injured: None or unknow
Damage level: Minor

Description:

Islands in Fiji’s Lomaiviti group were hit by eight metre-high storm surges at the height of Cyclone Tomas, according to the National Disaster Management Office, DISMAC. DISMAC spokesman Anthony Blake said the agency has been receiving reports about eight metre high waves. Blake said a satellite system available to DISMAC recorded five metre high waves in the open sea. He said based on that, reports of the eight metre high waves can be confirmed “because the wave heights are likely to be higher closer to shore”. “One village in Nairai was completely inundated,” Blake said. “Other places whether storm surges occurred are yet to be confirmed,” he said.

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