By Jenny Suo
Two people are dead and hundreds are homeless after severe flooding on Fiji's main island, Viti Levu.
Meanwhile, movement within flood-affected areas is being restricted as water levels continue to rise - and more bad weather is predicted.
Nadi is a town underwater, and for its residents it means packing up and shifting out.
Ranjesh Kumar has had no choice but to take his family and flee to an evacuation camp, leaving behind many precious belongings
"This is a time where we seek government assistance," he says. "We don't know how long the water will be in our houses."
More than 700 people have been evacuated, and tonight there are restrictions on movement within flood-affected areas from 6pm local time to 6am tomorrow morning.
"The situation is that there has been so much rain that with high tide tonight, there is no where for the water to run off, so it's just accumulating and exacerbating the situation," says Sharon Johns, Ministry of Information.
So far two people have been confirmed dead. They were both farmers who were trying to save their livestock.
Flights in and out of Nadi are continuing, but it's the journey to the airport that's proving the real problem.
William Work, a Fiji resident, says he's lucky to have made it to Auckland today to see his family.
"I had to wade through streams of water in Nadi and also walk through plantations to get down to town, and then managed to hitch a few rides along the way to get to the airport."
Last night the Fijian military had to rescue a group of stranded tourists and water taxi them to the airport, but officials say no tourists have been in danger.
Tonight water levels in Nadi reached a metre-and-a-half at high tide, but the country is bracing itself for further damage, with the weather expected to worsen in the next 24 hours.
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