The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has emphasised that effective early warning systems must go beyond just monitoring and forecasting to ensure communities can take timely and life-saving action.

The United Nations has urged Fiji to increase investment in disaster prevention, warning that Pacific nations lose billions each year by spending too little on resilience.

The Fiji Meteorological Service has forecast that one to two tropical cyclones are likely to pass through Fiji’s Exclusive Economic Zone during the 2025–26 tropical cyclone season.

Fiji has secured approximately $27.6 million from the Green Climate Fund to upgrade monitoring systems, replace outdated weather stations with automated ones and re-establish river-level tracking.

Fiji faces major hurdles in disaster preparedness due to the lack of accurate data on the impacts of storms, floods and other hazards.

Fiji and the Pacific are repeatedly hit by devastating natural disasters that challenge the resilience of local communities.

The National Disaster Management Office is intensifying its collaboration with municipalities, particularly those vulnerable to flooding, to create comprehensive disaster risk management plans.

A heavy rain warning is now in force for most parts of the major islands.

The Nadi Weather Office has issued a heavy rain alert.

Flooding in Naodamu Housing, Labasa, is largely due to its location on low-lying ground, below river level.

Vunivau Village, just outside Labasa, was left underwater once again after Tropical Cyclone Rae caused two nearby streams to burst their banks.

A heavy rain warning remains in effect for the entire Fiji group.