Members of the public are warned to expect heavy rain and flooding over the next few days.
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The warning comes from the Meteorology Division of the Ministry of Natural, Resources and Environment (M.N.R.E).
Speaking to the Weekend Observer yesterday, Principal Weather Officer, Luteru Tauvale, also confirmed that there are two tropical depressions developing over the Pacific.
The depressions, he said, are responsible for the heavy rain.
According to Mr. Tauvale, the first tropical depression has been identified northwest of New Caledonia while the second one is located northwest of Samoa.
The depressions developed from a convergence zone in the South Pacific Region.
A tropical depression forms when a low-pressure area is accompanied by thunderstorms that produce a circular wind flow with maximum sustained winds below 39 miles per hour.
The weatherman explained that it is always during this season that the wind converges at many different locations.
“When that happens, then bad weather circulates.
"It then develops into a tropical depression and then at the next stage it could develop into a tropical cyclone,” he said.
“Right now (for Samoa) there is no tropical cyclone but there is a tropical depression.”
Mr. Luteru said the tropical depression near New Caledonia might develop into a tropical cyclone within the next 48 hours.
“We see the clouds are starting to organize and we can see that there might be a centre.”
Meanwhile, for the tropical depression nearer to Samoa, he said that they are still monitoring it.
“It’s not going to happen fast, hardly within the next 24 to 48 hours,” he said about the possibility of a cyclone.
“If it develops it will move down towards the south” he said.
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