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Fijian floods send people fleeing for the supermarket
India's News.Net
Tuesday 13th January, 2009
Fijians have begun to hoard food and medicine after receiving more warnings of flooding.
Fiji's weather bureau has predicted torrential rain and thunderstorms in the north and west of the country, with a severe rain depression expected to hit on Thursday.
So far six people have died in Fijian floods, with two more missing and 9,000 left homeless.
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