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Preliminary impact damage assessments from the divisions have identified damage sustained to more than 300 houses in the Northern and Eastern Divisions after Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa.
The teams from the divisions were deployed to affected communities and villages last week following the aftermath of TC Yasa.
Government officials from Viti Levu have also been deployed as part of the 120 personnel deployment to Vanua Levu to assist in conducting the assessments in the North.
The team is in Vanua Levu and will begin with assessments and distribution of emergency food packs and non-food items today.
Communication services and accessibility have gradually been restored in affected areas across all four divisions.
NDMO continues to await confirmation from Police on a missing person in Lekutu, Bua.
Members of the public are again reminded to remain vigilant and take steps to prevent outbreaks of Leptospirosis, Typhoid, Diarrhoea and Dengue which are common after disasters.
As at yesterday, there were 166 evacuation centres open with 7,767 evacuees in the Eastern, Western and Northern Divisions.
All evacuation centres in the Central and Western Divisions have closed as people have returned home safely.
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