Tag: Tropical Cyclone Harold
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...
Pacific coronavirus: Cyclone Harold leaves death, destruction
By Tess Newton Cain and Dan McGarry
There are now more than 220 confirmed cases across the Pacific Islands region (excluding Australia and New Zealand)...
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...