{"id":17102,"date":"2026-04-07T05:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=17102"},"modified":"2026-04-07T05:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:18:36","slug":"cat-3-tc-vaianu-heavy-rain-warning-flash-flood-alert-and-strong-wind-warning-remains-in-place-for-fiji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=17102","title":{"rendered":"Cat 3 TC Vaianu &#8211; heavy rain warning, flash flood alert and strong wind warning remains in place for Fiji"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A heavy rain warning, a flash flood alert and a strong wind warning remains in place for the whole of Fiji.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The centre of Category 3 Tropical Cyclone Vaianu was analysed at 530 kilometres west northwest of Yasawa-i-Rara and 460 kilometres west of Nadi this last night.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>TC Vaianu is moving southeast at about 8 kilometres per hour, and is expected to lie 320km west-southwest of Yasawa-i-Rara at 6pm today.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Nadi Weather Office says the forecast to midnight today for the Fiji group: Over Land areas of the Northern Division, Yasawa and Mamanuca groups, Western half of Viti Levu[ from Sigatoka-Coral Coast through Nadi to Rakiraki, Kadavu and nearby smaller islands: Expect fresh to strong northeasterly winds with speeds of 30 to 45 kilometres per hour and gusts up to 70 kilometres per hour.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The winds will become northerly and increase to 60 kilometres per hour and gusts up to 90 kilometres per hour from today.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Localised heavy rain may lead to flash flooding of low lying and flood prone areas.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Isolated damages to houses made of old corrugated iron or timber or unsheilded structures in exposed communities and broken tree branches can be expected.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>These indirect effects of Cyclone Vaianu will continue from now until Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Please ensure you have taken all the necessary precautions for you and your family.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>fiji village \/ apna<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A heavy rain warning, a flash flood alert and a strong wind warning remains in place for the whole of Fiji. The centre of Category 3 Tropical Cyclone Vaianu was analysed at 530 kilometres west northwest of Yasawa-i-Rara and 460 kilometres west of Nadi this last night. TC Vaianu is moving southeast at about 8 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,222],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiji-news","category-latest-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17104,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17102\/revisions\/17104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}