Meteorologists reported the category three storm had maintained its intensity after forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes on Saturday in neighbouring Tonga.
It was tracking south-west towards Fiji’s eastern Lau island packing winds of 150 kilometres per hour (93 miles per hour) at its centre, the Fiji Meteorological Centre said.
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