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Fiji Braces for Second Cyclone in Just Over a Week

by Reuters

   SYDNEY --

   Fiji was bracing on Tuesday for the second potentially destructive
   cyclone to hit the Pacific island nation in just over a week, with
   authorities advising residents to prepare survival kits and be ready
   for evacuation.

   Cyclone Keni was upgraded earlier on Tuesday to a Category 3 storm and
   is expected to bring winds of up to 170 km (105 miles) an hour when it
   makes landfall later in the day.

   Parts of Fiji are still cleaning up after Cyclone Josie hit over the
   Easter weekend, leading to major flooding that killed six people. Many
   people who were evacuated to shelters have only just returned to their
   homes and some roads remain closed.

   Tropical storms are graded from the lowest Category One to the highest
   Category Five. In February, Fiji escaped without deaths or widespread
   damage when Gita, a Category Four storm, lashed the region, causing
   widespread destruction in Tonga and Samoa.