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Fiji:Typhoon:2003/01/15

Duration	2003/01/15	A cyclone battering Fiji has destroyed homes and flooded parts of the South Pacific archipelago. Two children are missing, feared dead, after Cyclone Ami destroyed a church on the island.
Country or District	Fiji
Name	Typhoon

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Report/Articles OCHA Situation Report No.3 2003/01/24 75percent of the urban and peri-urban population (about 30,000 people) are still without safe mains water. News Interactive, Australia 2003/01/22 Cyclone leaves $42m damage trail IFRC news 2003/01/17 Fiji Red Cross aid reaches cyclone-devastated islands Government of Australia 2003/01/17 Assistance for Fiji victims of Cyclone Ami AFP news 2003/01/17 Fiji death toll 13, government launches appeal to save economy BBC News 2003/01/17 Eleven people are confirmed dead after a powerful cyclone swept across Fiji earlier this week. More than a dozen people are still missing in the wake of the most powerful storm to hit the country since 1987. News Interactive 2003/01/16 Cyclone death toll at 11 BBC News 2003/01/16 Eleven feared dead in Fiji cyclone Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia 2003/01/16 Cyclone Ami death toll rises.Seven people drowned in northern Fiji when OCHA Situation Report 2003/01/15 A family, consisting of five or seven people, drowned when their house was inundated by floodwaters as Cyclone Ami swept over the Fiji islands in the South Pacific. BBC News 2003/01/15 Seven people from the same family are reported to have drowned after a powerful cyclone swept across the island nation of Fiji in the South Pacific Stuff.co.nz　news 2003/01/15 Air force plane first to survey Fiji cyclone damage Ｒｅｕｔｅｒｓ　Ｎｅｗｓ　2003/01/15 Cyclone Ami tears through Fiji, two feared dead BBC News 2003/01/15 Cyclone batters Fiji

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Pictures Ｒｅｕｔｅｒｓ　Ｎｅｗｓ　2003/01/15 Deadly Cyclone Ami batters Fiji