Flooding continues in Fiji.

A neighborhood east of Sigatoka sits underwater as floodwaters continue to wreak havoc on Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. Army troops have now been deployed to Viti Levu's northern & western districts to help the relief effort. Food prices have skyrocketed. Like all farmers in the Sigatoka valley, Ajay mama, Sindhu mama and Baba mama pick vegetables every day & sell them at the Sigatoka market. Their crops have been destroyed and the market is flooded, leaving them and everyone else in Fiji dependent on expensive imports they cannot afford.

Those of us blessed with western upbringings cannot imagine how devastating a flood like this is to farmers trying to survive in a third-world country. There's no Plan B. There's no government assistance. It's sink or swim. Right now, the beautiful people of the Fiji Islands are, like the man shown here, up to their necks.
Chunks of pavement lay scattered by floodwaters along the northern route into Nadi Town.
Nadi Town.
Nadi floodwaters recede, but mud remains.
A man uses a 4-legged off-road vehicle to cross a flooded Sigatoka bridge.
Bus stand outside Sigatoka market.
Suva shopkeepers gaze at the spectacle.