15,916 people are currently taking shelter in 286 evacuation centres in the Northern, Eastern and Western Divisions.
The National Disaster Management Office has confirmed that in the Western Division a total of 12,458 people are in 208 evacuation centres.
It adds that in the North there are a total of 2,307 people in 40 evacuation centres and 1,151 people in 38 evacuation centres in the Eastern Division of which 10 are in Kadavu.
