In this task, you are given a sentence in the Japanese language and your task is to convert it into the English language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).

フィジーの島国の激しい洪水で8人の命が奪われ、数千人が避難を強いられた。
Severe flooding in the island nation of Fiji has killed eight people and forced thousands to evacuate.

今、次の行動の方向性を選ぶのは北アイルランド国務長官のピーター・ハイン氏に任されている。
It is now up to Northern Ireland Secretary of State Peter Hain to choose the next course of action.

ヒルのマネージャーのゲイリー・ボーマンはただの「冗談だよ」と言った。

Gary Borman, Hill's manager, said that it was just "a joke".