Cyclone wreaks devastation acriss Fiji with 44 dead, 35,000 homeless
![Fijian woman Kalisi holds her son Tuvosa, 3, as she sits on a bed in the remnants of her home damaged by Cyclone Winston in the Rakiraki District of Fiji's Ra province. Photo: Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/content_header_image/public/headlines/3189E0E500000578-0-image-a-41_1456387092180.jpg.webp?itok=PbDHzqYi)
Fiji is in a state of natural disaster and its people are in urgent need after Cyclone Winston ripped through the Island nation and left a trail of destruction and heartbreak with 44 dead, more than 35,000 homeless and everyone - babies, families and the elderly - with nothing.
Devastating images show the impact of Fiji's biggest ever storm, with debris scattered everywhere and nothing but single walls standing for some homes.
A state of natural disaster and a nationwide curfew had been declared for the next 30 days by the Fijian Government, who has initiated the clean-up process by clearing the huge amounts of debris scattered everywhere.
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is warning his devastated nation it faces a long and difficult recovery.
'Almost no part of our nation has been left unscarred,' Mr Bainimarama said in a national address on Wednesday
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