Death Toll Rises in Fiji as Concerns Grow About Disease

International relief agencies are racing to reach isolated communities in the South Pacific island nation of Fiji that were devastated by Cyclone Winston, which killed 42 people. Authorities revised the death toll Wednesday up from the previous number of 29, as aid workers began to arrive in the outer reaches of the archipelago of 300 islands.  Winston destroyed scores of homes, leaving untold thousands of Fijians homeless and forced to take shelter in evacuation shelters. The...

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