Tag: Cyclones
COP27: Platform will boost Pacific presence at UN climate conference
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
A platform has been dedicated to bolster the Pacific leadership at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of...
Fiji’s weather bureau predicts up to seven cyclones this season
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's weather office predicts that up to seven tropical cyclones may affect several Pacific countries in the coming cyclone season -- and up...
Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after Cyclone Winston
ANALYSIS: By Suzanne Wilkinson, Mohamed Elkharboutly and Regan Potangaroa, Massey University
While news from Tonga is still disrupted following the massive undersea eruption and tsunami...
Boosting Pacific digital media skills amid a cyclone – all part...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Michelle Betz in Ninole, Hawai'i
As Cyclone Cody got set to pummel Fiji in early January, students at the University of the...
Tongan volcanic eruption reveals the vulnerabilities in global telecommunications
ANALYSIS: By Dale Dominey-Howes, University of Sydney
In the wake of a violent volcanic eruption in Tonga, much of the communication with residents on the...
Tonga volcano eruption and tsunami – 120 evacuated in NZ’s Far...
An Al Jazeera report on the undersea volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai eruption and tsunami yesterday afternoon. Video: Al Jazeera English
RNZ News
Large waves in the Far North...
It’s time to deliver on Pacific climate financing, says Cook Is...
COMMENTARY: By the Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
After years of empty promises by major emitters, it's time to deliver on climate financing.
The world...
Macron launches cyclone shelter project in French Polynesia
RNZ Pacific
France and French Polynesia have agreed to jointly spend US$60 million to build 17 cyclone shelters across the Tuamotu archipelago.
This was announced on...
Intensity of Cyclone Ana hammering of Fiji catches many by surprise
By RNZ Pacific
The intensity of Cyclone Ana surprised many in Fiji which was hammered with 140km/hr gusts and heavy rain over the weekend.
The storm...
Curfew safety uproar in Fiji as TC Ana strikes – Soko...
By Luke Rawalai in Suva
Fiji's national curfew enforced by the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) on Friday evening has been dubbed as thoughtless and...
TC Ana hits Fiji: Nacula villagers evacuated to community hall
By Timoci Vula in Labasa
Fiji villagers of Nacula in Labasa whose homes are under water after the Labasa River broke its banks this morning...
Thousands still in evacuation centres in Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Yasa
By RNZ Pacific
More than 4000 people are still in evacuation centres in Fiji nearly two weeks after Tropical Cyclone Yasa struck.
Relief supplies are getting...
Covid, cyclone force Vanuatu to postpone Pacific Islands Forum
Pacific Media Centre
The Vanuatu Council of Ministers has agreed at its meeting held in Luganville, Santo, to postpone the hosting of the Pacific...
Solomon Islands students help out Fiji victims of TC Harold restore...
By Ben Bilua of Wansolwara News
Solomon Islands students studying at universities in Fiji have braved the rain to donate food, clothing and cash to...
How might coronavirus change Australia’s ‘Pacific Step-up’?
ANALYSIS: By Tess Newton Cain of Griffith University
Across the globe, the coronavirus pandemic has prompted countries and governments to become increasingly inward-looking. Australia is...
When Tropical Cyclone Harold meets the novel coronavirus
DISPATCH FROM THE PACIFIC: By Professor Elisabeth Holland. She writes from a remote island in Fiji’s Koro Sea where she went to stay out...
Tropical Cyclone Harold: Aerial footage shows Vanuatu destruction
The Guardian's Pacific Project disaster video.
By the Pacific Project
Tropical Cyclone Harold lashed Vanuatu, ripping off roofs and downing telecommunications, before moving towards Fiji and...
Fiji lifts movement restrictions in wake of TC Harold destruction
By Kelly Vacala in Suva
Fiji disaster authorities have lifted movement restrictions imposed yesterday during the height of Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold have been lifted...
Restricted movement on Viti Levu as TC Harold hammers Fiji
By Maggie Boyle of FBC News
Fiji disaster authorities have put the whole of Viti Levu island on restricted movement due to TC Harold.
Director for...
Stretched by coronavirus pandemic, Vanuatu faces cyclone, Mt Yasur ash
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
While the Vanuatu government is investing its resources in tackling the coronavirus pandemic threat, it is now stretching its...
Monster TC Harold wreaks havoc in Vanuatu – communications lost
By RNZ Pacific
There has been no communication early today from the Vanuatu islands hardest hit by the powerful Tropical Cyclone Harold.
The category 5 storm...
‘Stay at home’ – sweeping virus curfew arrests as Fiji, Vanuatu...
Pacific Media Watch
Authorities are cracking down to try and stop the spread of the coronavirus in Fiji, which already has 12 cases, reports TVNZ...