Reports of cyclone damage are coming in from Fiji's Ono-I-Lau island. The category 4 cyclone passed over the small island, roughly half way between Tonga and Fiji, around midnight on Tuesday. It has since become a category 5 storm. Half of the homes on the island have been badly damaged. Acting chief of Matokana village, Noa Sukanasau, says more than 200 locals are staying in evacuation centres and the whole island is in clean up mode.
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