NZ is helping Samoa with the cleanup after Cyclone Evan ripped through the Pacific nation. Source: AAP
NEW Zealand is helping Samoa with the cleanup after Cyclone Evan ripped through the Pacific nation, killing at least three.
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says at the request of the local government $50,000 has been offered for the response and New Zealand will also provide a P3 Orion aeroplane to survey the area.
"Our heartfelt condolences go out to the people of Samoa as they begin to come to terms with the loss of life and damage caused," Mr McCully said.
Further assistance will be considered.
A state of disaster in the country of nearly 200,000 people was declared after Evan swept in from the Pacific and hit the capital Apia on the main island Upolu on Thursday.
At least two children are among three people who were reportedly drowned when the Vaisigano River, which runs through the centre of Apia, burst its banks.
Seven people who were on two boats are missing.
Apia has been the worst hit with houses damaged, flooding, and trees and power poles toppled.
There are nation-wide power outages and it is expected to take two months to restore power to some areas.
A water treatment plant has also been destroyed.
On Saturday morning up to 3000 people were being housed in emergency shelters due to flooding.
The 130 New Zealanders registered in Samoa are safe and well.
New Zealand High Commissioner to Samoa, Nick Hurley, told NZ Newswire Cyclone Evan was the worst, in terms of its impact, to hit Samoan since the 1990s.
He said trees and power poles that were swept into Vaisigano River had an "amazing destruction force".
The category four cyclone is expected to hit Fiji on Sunday and Fiji's Ministry of Social Development is warning residents to prepare for a major weather event. The cyclone, which is intensifying, is expected to hit northern parts of Tonga on Saturday.
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