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17 Mar 2003

New Caledonia (France)
New Caledonia - Tropical cyclone OCHA Situation Report No. 1

Report
— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2003/0040

OCHA Situation Report No. 1
New Caledonia - Tropical cyclone
occurred on 13 March 2003

I. SITUATION

1. A tropical cyclone named Erica affected the South Pacific island of New Caledonia on 13 March 2003 with winds up to 200 kilometres an hour. It peaked as a category 5 cyclone on 12 March 2003 and rapidly weakened to a category 1 storm by 14 March.

2. According to the media two people died and close to 100 people have been injured. An estimated 1,000 people are homeless.

3. Erica caused huge damage along the

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30 Jan 2003

Fiji + 3 others
AusAid Pacific Cyclones Update 30 Jan 2003

Report
— Australian Agency for International Development
AusAID is monitoring the progress of Cyclone Beni, which was upgraded yesterday to Category Four. Cyclone Cilla is no longer of major concern and has been downgraded to a tropical storm.
Further large shipments of emergency supplies have arrived in Fiji from Australia and are now being distributed to victims of Cyclone Ami.

AusAID has received from the Solomon Islands National Disaster Management Organisation a detailed needs assessment to further assist victims of Cyclone Zoe.

Full details are given below.

1. Cyclone Beni

Australian officials in Canberra, Port

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12 Jan 1988

New Caledonia (France) + 3 others
Pacific Islands Tropical Cyclone Jan 1988 UNDRO Information Reports 1 - 3

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs


UNDRO 88/0076

NEW CALEDONIA, VANUATU, SOLOMON ISLANDS, MARSHALL ISLANDS
TROPICAL CYCLONE ANNE, TYPHOON EBEYE
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
12 JANUARY 1988

NEW CALEDONIA

1. TROPICAL CYCLONE ANNE 700 MILES WEST OF FIJI IS HEADING SOUTHWEST AT 15 KNOTS TOWARDS NEW CALEDONIA WITH WINDS OF 100 KNOTS GUSTING TO 140 KNOTS.

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