Tag: Cyclones
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...
Connecting the dots – Pacific disasters, cyclones, climate featured in latest...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
“Rob” flooding in the Indonesian city of Semarang, Cyclone Winston’s devastation and social media in Fiji and “backpack journalism” in Typhoon...
Rabi landslide? Not a big problem, horseback and walking the answer
By Hele Ikimotu on Rabi, Fiji
The rebuilding of a road on Fiji’s northern Rabi Island is currently in the works.
Fiji’s most recent natural disaster,...
Fiji’s provident fund frees up $5.3m for natural disaster assistance
By Wansolwara News staff
The Fiji National Provident Fund has released $5.33 million in flood assistance funds to 6351 members in the aftermath of two...
Urgent call for help on Kadavu island after Keni’s Fiji devastation
By Vilimaina Naqelevuki in Suva
A resort owner on Kadavu has called on Fijians to urgently assist those on the island after the devastation caused...
‘We’re stuck in the river – please come quickly’ cry before...
By Felix Chaudhary in Lautoka
"We're stuck in the river, please come quickly."
These were the last words spoken by a distraught daughter to her father-in-law...
‘Scary’ floodwaters engulf homes in western Fiji as 4 die over...
By Felix Chaudhary in Lautoka
"It was scary, we've never seen anything like it."
That's how a Natabua, Lautoka, man described the experience residents had as...
Ardern mission for post-Gita visit to Tonga, Samoa, Niue and Cook...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says the New Zealand government’s Pacific Mission will take place early next month and travel to...
Tonga’s Parliament seeks temporary home after Gita smashed old House
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
As Tonga struggles to recover from Cyclone Gita, authorities are looking for somewhere to host the next Parliamentary...
Falling trees and downed power poles hinder Tonga’s Gita relief effort
By Kalino Latu. editor of Kaniva News
The Tongan government’s efforts to assess the extent of destruction by Tropical Cyclone Gita have been hindered by...