Villagers of Waitovu Village on the island of Ovalau had to cut short their village soli just so that they could get their household in order and prepare for Tropical Cyclone Mal.
While speaking to fijivillage News a villager, Avisai Bulivorovoro says he had to ask all the villagers that were attending the soli to put everything on hold and head to their respective homes and prepare for this cyclone.
He says they felt strong winds and rain earlier yesterday afternoon and he had asked the villagers to take necessary precaution and as of now, the winds are calm since it is low tide.
He adds they have prepared the village hall as an evacuation centre in case the situation gets worse.
Bulivorovoro says he has taken all precautionary measures and has prepared all essentials that will be needed like batteries for their torch and have also filled buckets and gallons with water in case of water cuts.
He says they will be putting up shutters early today.
Bulivorovoro is urging all Fijians not to leave everything for later and to take heed of warnings to avoid regrets.
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