Weather

24 October 2023
Red Cross Vanuatu is concerned it does not have enough relief to support people through the category 5 Cyclone Lola which is moving through Northern Vanuatu. Very destructive hurricane force winds with gusts of up to 320km/h are forecast to...
24 October 2023
Tropical Cyclone Lola has intensified to a category 5 super cyclone with winds close to its centre of 215 km/h, the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department says. Vanuatu’s National Disaster Management Office said red alerts have been issued for two...
4 July 2023
The Pacific is due to get a dramatic shift in weather over the next 12 months as it moves from a triple dip La Niña event to the opposite direction. The region is forecast to experience an El Niño event, while some...
31 October 2022
Fiji’s weather office predicts that up to seven tropical cyclones may affect several Pacific countries in the coming cyclone season and up to four of them may be severe. In its 2022/2023 Tropical Cyclone Seasonal Outlook, the Fiji government predicts...
29 August 2022
Brief showers in parts of Tuvau have not been enough to remedy the ongoing drought. The islands of Nanumea, Niutao, Nui are all experiencing below average rainfall. A drought committee was activated on May 7 headed by Disaster Management Department...
19 May 2022
The Fiji Met Service has warned that a newly formed tropical cyclone, Gina, is approaching Vanuatu’s Pentecost, Ambrym and Malekula islands. The out of season category one storm has sustained winds of about 40 knots, or about 75 kilometres an...