Cyclone Harold Submerges Market in Ba, Fiji

Heavy rainfall from Cyclone Harold caused flooding in Fiji, on April 8, footage taken in a market in the town of Ba shows.

According to the Fijian Broadcasting Corporation, people in most parts of the country will be without power during the Easter weekend as the utility Energy Fiji Limited was still carrying out damage assessments on April 9.

The cyclone killed 27 people in the Solomon Islands, before arriving on the Pacific island of Vanuatu on April 6. It progressed to Fiji on April 8, flooding towns and flattening homes, but there were no immediate reports of deaths, according to officials.

This video shows flooding from Cyclone Harold in a central area of the town of Ba, located in the northwest of the country’s main island. Local reports indicated that despite the flooding, many local businesses have escaped heavy damage. Credit: Jope Matavesi via Storyful