The Pacific's first cyclone early warning system will go live in Fiji this week.

The Pacific’s first cyclone early warning system will go live in Fiji this week.

The early warning system was developed to give island nations more notice of the likely impact of cyclones after 44 people died when the devastating Cyclone Winston tore through Fiji in 2016.

New Zealand-based hydrologist Bapon Fakhruddin designed the system.

Dr Fakhruddin said the community wants to understand if a cyclone happens, how much water is going to be in their house or on my land or business and how much damage it could create, which is difficult for the existing meteorological service.

He said with this they hope that the number of people who died in Cyclone Winston won’t happen in the future.

Fiji’s cyclone season has started this month and goes until April.

Only six other countries in the world have cyclone early warning systems.

Fiji Met Service will operate the early warning system.