Tens of thousands of Fijians homeless after cyclone - disaster agency

Children swim in the Rakiraki River among the Cylone Winston-damaged landscape in Fiji, February 24, 2016 in this image supplied by UNICEF. REUTERS/UNICEF-Sokhin/Handout via Reuters

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Fijians remain homeless and living in evacuation shelters in the aftermath of a devastating cyclone at the weekend, officials said on Thursday, as aid began trickling in to the outer reaches of the South Pacific archipelago.

The death toll from Cyclone Winston, the worst storm ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, remained at 42 but officials at Fiji's National Disaster Management Office fear that figure will rise.