Tag: Tropical Cyclones
Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific
New Zealand has long had a privileged relationship with its Pacific neighbours. Now, in the dawning era of the climate crisis affecting millions of...
Graham Davis: Fat-cat leaders laughing in the face of Fiji’s suffering
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis
Last month, I wrote on Facebook that the resumption of my blog Grubsheet for 2021 was being postponed out of consideration...
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...
Fiji declares state of disaster as TC Yasa wreaks havoc in...
By RNZ Pacific
Many houses in Fiji's Vanua Levu have been destroyed, some families sheltered under beds and tables in their houses and others in...