The maximum winds at its centre are up to 120 kilometres per hour, with momentary gusts to 170 kilometres per hour, hitting the southern island groups.
Two people have now died during the storm, after an 18-year-old drowned while swimming yesterday.
The Fijian Broadcasting Corporation reports the body of a man, in his late 40s, was recovered in Naivucini, north of Suva inland on the main island Viti Levu.
The FBC says villagers helped police search for the man, and it's believed he was swept away by strong currents when crossing a river yesterday.
