Weather watch | Heavy rain warning for Fiji

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Heavy rain alert. Picture: SUPPLIED

A heavy rain warning is now in force for the whole of Fiji Group.

According to the weather bulletin issued from the weather office in Nadi this afternoon, an active trough of low pressure with an embedded low-pressure system is drifting towards the Fiji Group from that west and it is expected to affect the country from this afternoon or evening until early Friday.

A flash flood warning is now in force for flood-prone areas, small streams and low-lying crossings in the Central, Western and Eastern Divisions, while a Flash Flood Alert is now in force for the Northern Division.

And a strong wind warning is now in force for all Fiji waters and lands areas of Yasawa and Mamanuca Groups, northern Viti Levu, southern Bua and Macuata, and Lau and Lomaiviti Groups.