Cyclone heading for Fiji

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Tropical cyclone Mick is heading toward Fiji and is expected to cross the main island of Viti Levu in the next day.

The Fiji Metrological Service says the cyclone is 546 kilometres northwest of Nadi this afternoon and is moving toward the country at around 20 kilometres per hour.

Its current track points to it coming ashore in the popular tourist area of Rakiraki on Viti Levu's northern coast tomorrow afternoon.

The forecast of strong winds and high seas will take Mick over the capital, Suva.

Mick is the first South Pacific cyclone of the new summer season.

In January at least 11 people died in a severe storm that afflicted the western part of Viti Levu.

- © Fairfax NZ News