Yasawa North Principal Tomasi Lakeba says the people of Yasawa are currently experiencing strong winds and heavy rain as Tropical Cyclone Mal approaches Fiji.
Lakeba says the weather was fine from last night to this morning however it started getting worse from about lunch time.
He says as soon as they heard the cyclone warning yesterday, they started preparing for it.
They have secured all the classrooms.
He says the village community hall is also set up as an evacuation centre and a school is also on standby for evacuation in case of an emergency.
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