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Resort safely shelters over 400 guests

Apenisa Waqairadovu Multimedia Journalist [email protected]

November 15, 2023 12:01 am

Over 400 guests remain at Plantation Island Resort in Malolo as Tropical Cyclone Mal continues to head our way.

Duty Manager, Katarina Tinai assures that the resort is safe, and visitors are taking shelter in secured properties that have opened as evacuation centers.

Tinai told FBC News it is raining heavily, and the winds are also gaining momentum.

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