{"id":678,"date":"2020-12-16T04:26:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T04:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=678"},"modified":"2020-12-16T04:26:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T04:26:49","slug":"tc-yasa-fiji-preparing-for-the-worst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=678","title":{"rendered":"TC YASA: Fiji preparing for the worst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About 50 vessels have now been secured in the mangrove creek opposite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/denaraumarina\/?__cft__[0]=AZX4BHLU-_jdnK2uGBlQrx0kAC-CNwTxAo6NQ5ai1CfvoVYMYqmOLX06QTeQBudmYHFrN-B_2xAyZzdp-iH-JlksfT3jdEECbkPM7yXjdA5n4wwo8rHNpW2cjO8tUxZHEAECa3Qmd08PcihYQaFN2cTC&amp;__tn__=kK-R\">Port Denarau Marina<\/a> Fiji and final preparations are being made in anticipation of the arrival of TC YASA sometime in the next 36 hours.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fsuv2-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-0\/s600x600\/130881334_1831406380386137_390818570361678577_o.jpg?_nc_cat=1&amp;ccb=2&amp;_nc_sid=730e14&amp;_nc_ohc=_6C1tqoYMZgAX-wU-GU&amp;_nc_oc=AQlRQAZllz0HQ3xwhVYIscS92pPJkoURAMKZy4E_cIOxppEJlAmBn5cn26jquzQPjTY&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fsuv2-1.fna&amp;tp=7&amp;oh=7b36d603f096dcc22061533d6012b1dd&amp;oe=5FFFEA74\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"281\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0FACEBOOK: DOWN UNDER RALLY<\/p><\/div>\n<p>TC YASA is predicted to be a severe cat 5 cyclone and whilst uncertainty remains as to the exact path there is little doubt that much of Fiji will be seriously impacted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lead\">\n<p>The Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji has directed all shipping services to cease from midnight today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>MSAF says with Tropical Cyclone heading towards Fiji and being a category five storm, all maritime transport involving passengers and cargoes will be halted.<\/p>\n<p>MSAF Chief Executive, Simon Gravenall, says he is using his powers to exempt ships from inward and outward clearances.<\/p>\n<p>This is on the condition that ships do not carry any passengers and cargoes when going out to sea for the sole purpose of taking necessary precautionary measures for the approaching TC.<\/p>\n<p>He says the ship master has the final authority of the ship while in command.<\/p>\n<p>Gravenall adds no person shall prevent or restrict the master of the ship from taking or executing any decision which, in the master\u2019s professional judgment, is necessary for safety of life at sea and protection of the marine environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 50 vessels have now been secured in the mangrove creek opposite Port Denarau Marina Fiji and final preparations are being made in anticipation of the arrival of TC YASA sometime in the next 36 hours. TC YASA is predicted to be a severe cat 5 cyclone and whilst uncertainty remains as to the exact [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiji-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":680,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions\/680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}