Fiji has declared a state of emergency and imposed curfews after the nation's worst flooding in more than a decade left at least six people dead.
Nearly 10,000 people fled their homes to emergency shelters as officials said on Monday that more severe rain storms were expected to hit the Pacific island nation in the next two days.
Ratu Epeli, the defence and national security minister, said the curfews were "to safeguard lives and property".
"We want to prevent criminal elements from taking advantage of the flood-hit areas," Epeli told the Fijilive website on Monday, adding that dusk to dawn curfews were in place in Ba, Nadi and Sigatoka towns.
Four people drowned in floodwaters and two were killed in a landslide in the western district of the main island of Viti Levu, Aisea Qumihajelo, the acting chief of disaster management, said.
Sugar cane crops were destroyed as rivers burst their banks and hundreds of foreign tourists were stranded in resorts after flights were disrupted in some airports and roads and bridges were severed or submerged.
Fiji's works ministry said the region now faced a health risk as people may drink water contaminated by the flooding.
Floodwaters that had reached as high as 3m in some areas had begun to recede on Monday in the northwestern towns of the main Viti Levu island, although some areas remained inaccessible and more seasonal storms were forecast in the next two days.
Lage der Fidschi-Inseln
 Ein tropisches Unwetter hat im Westen von Viti Levu zu Überschwemmungen geführt. 6.000 bis 10.000 Inselbewohner mussten vor dem Hochwasser flüchten und fanden in Schulen sowie anderen öffentlichen Gebäuden Unterschlupf. Nach Behördenangaben sind sechs Menschen ertrunken, zwei weitere starben durch Erdrutsche. In manchen Gebieten stand das Wasser mehr als drei Meter hoch.

Inzwischen geht das Hochwasser zwar zurück, aber schon haben die Meteorologen des Inselstaates ein weiteres tropisches Tiefdruckgebiet angekündet. In Teilen Viti Levus wurde nach der Erklärung des Notstandes eine nächtliche Ausgangssperre verhängt, um Plünderungen zu vermeiden.

Vier Tage Dauerregen haben Nadi, Ba, Sigatoka und Labasa sowie viele Dörfer auf der Hauptinsel des Archipel überflutet. Straßen und Brücken litten durch das Hochwasser, und der Bestand an Zuckerrohr wurde geschädigt. Die Behörden fürchten nun den Ausbruch von Seuchen durch verunreinigtes Trinkwasser.