sentences:  Gene then slowly weakened with JTWC reporting that Gene had become an extra tropical cyclone on February 6.TCWC Wellington then released their final advisory on February 9.Cyclone Gene caused widespread damage to several of Fiji's main islands, including Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni, Yasawa, Mamanuca, and other outlying island groups, and killed 8 people.