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The Yasawa volcanic group consists of six main islands and numerous smaller islets. The archipelago, which stretches in a north-easterly direction for more than 80 kilometres (50 mi) from a point 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-west of Lautoka , is volcanic in origin and very mountainous, with peaks ranging from 250 to 600 metres (820 to 1,969 ft ...
[34] [35] Later that day, the alert was expanded to include the whole of Fiji, while gale warnings were issued for the Yasawa and Mamanuca island groups, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. Over the next few days, various gale, storm, hurricane, storm surge and damaging swell warnings were issued for the group.
As an island nation, Fiji has had a heavy reliance on fish for much of its history, both as a staple food and as an economic product. While fisheries only contributed 1.7% of total gross GDP between 2000 and 2008, it represented 12% of Fiji's exports in 2008, equivalent to US$63 million. [ 38 ]
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During April 6, the FMS issued a tropical cyclone alert for Viti Levu, Kadavu, Lomaiviti as well as the Yasawa and Mamanuca and Lau group of islands. [ 89 ] The FMS issued heavy rain alerts for the western half of Viti Levu , Kadavu , and the Mamanuca and Yasawa islands on April 6, anticipating the arrival of Harold's rainbands and its centre's ...
Other islands and island groups, which cover just 12.5% of the land area and house some 16% of the population, include Taveuni southeast off Vanua Levu and Kadavu Island, south off Viti Levu (the third and fourth largest islands respectively), the Mamanuca Group (just off Nadi) and Yasawa Group (to the north of the Mamanucas), which are popular ...
Waya is an island in the southern part of the Yasawa Islands of Fiji. The island is part of Ba Province in the country's Western Division . Waya lies about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Lautoka .
February 12 – 13, 1957 – A tropical cyclone existed to the west of Fiji and caused gales in the Yasawa Islands, but did not make landfall on Fiji. [1] February 22 – March 1, 1957 – A tropical cyclone passed near to the island of Futuna before it impacted Fiji. [1] March 6, 1957 – A tropical cyclone impacted New Caledonia. [1]