A powerful cyclone destroyed more than half the houses in many villages in northern Fiji, but only one death has been reported, officials said Thursday. The full extent of the damage from Cyclone Tomas has yet to be determined because communications to the hardest-hit areas remain cut ...

Fijian naval vessels and Australian and New Zealand aircraft headed to isolated islands Thursday to assess the devastation from this week's cyclone. Cyclone Tomas, which packed average winds of 175 kilometres (109 miles) an hour, caused widespread devastation in Fiji's north and east on Monday and Tuesday, although only one death has so far been confirmed. Some of ...

International relief supplies began arriving in cyclone-ravaged Fiji on Wednesday as reports emerged of widespread destruction in isolated parts of the Pacific nation. Officials said there were estimates that half the buildings in the eastern Lau group of islands had been destroyed or badly damaged by Cyclone Tomas and two villages were believed to have been wiped out. Aircraft from ...