The annual Commonwealth Malaria Report has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted malaria services, leading to an increase in malaria incidence and mortality rates. Data from the report also indicates that the Commonwealth is currently not on track to halve malaria cases and/or deaths by 2023. Many countries remain on …
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake has struck the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) reports. A tsunami warning was issued by the Hawaii-based PTWC but was later rescinded. The quake struck at 6.33am local time (7.33pm GMT 28 April) on 29 April. The epicentre was close …
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the quake was 84 miles (135 km) northwest of the town of Santo and it was registered at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 km), …
Officials wound back an initial tsunami threat issued after a large earthquake struck off the coast of the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu on Sunday. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said the danger had largely passed and cancelled an earlier warning of a possible tsunami as a result of the …
Residents of Vanuatu are taking shelter as a category four cyclone brings heavy rain and strong winds to the same area devastated by the largest cyclone in the South Pacific island nation’s history last year, aid workers said on Sunday. Disaster management authorities have issued a red alert for islands …
Australia's small island neighbours in the South Pacific face an enormous bill to protect their coastal buildings and infrastructure from the impacts of climate change and extreme weather, one they are unlikely to afford. Research out of the University of New England has for the first time sought to determine …
More than 100,000 people in Vanuatu have no clean drinking water, a month after a monster cyclone struck the tiny Pacific nation, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. Two thirds of the archipelago's water and sanitation infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed and most wells are contaminated, …
Cyclone Pam was one of the worst disasters to hit the small Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in recent memory. Thousands of buildings and trees were flattened in the March storm, leaving 75,000 people without homes and at least 15 dead. Vanuatu is a poor nation, ranking as one of …
Less than two weeks after Cyclone Pam tore through the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, 110,000 people have no safe drinking water and some 75,000 urgently need shelter, the United Nations said on Tuesday as it launched an appeal for $29.9 million. The appeal aims to help an estimated 166,000 …
New Zealand will boost its aid contribution to Vanuatu to $3.5 million dollars to help the cyclone-ravaged nation recover. A further $1 million was announced today by Foreign Minister Murray McCully to top up New Zealand's aid contribution in the wake of Cyclone Pam. New Zealand will also help transport …
PORT VILA – Japan is considering extending $1.2 million in emergency grant aid to Vanuatu and other Pacific nations devastated by powerful Cyclone Pam, a senior government official said Sunday. At his meeting with Vanuatuan Foreign Minister Sato Kilman, Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kentaro Sonoura said Tokyo is ready to …
Cyclone Pam's impact may not be restricted to devastating the island nation of Vanuatu – it may also have boosted the likelihood of an El Nino event for later this year, the Bureau of Meteorology said. The strength of category-5 Cyclone Pam combined with tropical storm Bavi to produce "one …
Evacuation alerts issued as experts warn the category five cyclone could be the most powerful storm ever to hit the island nation A “once-in-a-lifetime” storm is bearing down on the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu, with up to a quarter of a million people in its path, experts warn. Tropical …
(Reuters) - A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island of Vanuatu on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck 37 miles north-northeast of the capital Port Vila, and was 20.5 miles deep.
Vanuatu’s weather patterns are changing as the planet warms up, undermining the island nation’s ability to feed itself, according to Shirley Laban, Oxfam’s climate change manager for the country. Prolonged warm and dry spells are reducing water availability for many of Vanuatu’s 250,000-plus population. Rainfall when it arrives is becoming …
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck 19 miles (30 km) east-northeast of Port Vila, capital of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the United States Geological Survey said on Tuesday. The quake was measured at 6.2 miles (10 km) deep, and occurred at 1256 GMT (0126 BST).
An undersea earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude, and only 10 km deep, struck off the coast of Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 0309 GMT about 103 km (65 miles) west of Port Vila. There was …
The changes will result from the South Pacific rain band responding to greenhouse warming. The South Pacific rain band is largest and most persistent of the Southern Hemisphere spanning the Pacific from south of the Equator, south-eastward to French Polynesia. Occasionally, the rain band moves northwards towards the Equator by …
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu on Sunday, the Hong Kong Observatory said, but there were no reports of a tsunami warning. The quake struck at 2210 IST around 81 kilometres southwest of the capital Port Vila. The shallow quake, which had …
IN the recently published 2011 Global Assessment Report by the UNDP, Bangladesh was found to be one of the countries 'most vulnerable' to disasters. Bangladesh is the sixth among countries that are 'most vulnerable' to natural disasters including cyclones, earthquake and tsunamis. Bangladesh ranked second among the Asian countries after …
The three-day Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2011 ended Sunday endorsing the importance of taking urgent action on climate change and global food crisis. Reflecting on the unique nature of the Commonwealth, a voluntary association which brings together 53 (Fiji's membership remained suspended) developing and developed nations from six …
