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21 Dec 2012

Wallis and Futuna (France)
France sends soldiers and other personnel to help cyclone battered Wallis

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— Radio New Zealand International

Posted at 22:54 on 20 December, 2012 UTC

The French overseas territories minister, Victorin Lurel, has been on Wallis to inspected the damage caused by Cyclone Evan and says a state of natural disaster is expected to be declared.

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17 Dec 2012

Wallis and Futuna (France)
Damage to infrastructure, but no injuries in Wallis and Futuna

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— Radio New Zealand International

Posted at 01:21 on 17 December, 2012 UTC

No casualties have been reported in Wallis and Futuna as the French territory takes stock of the damage caused yesterday by Tropical Cyclone Evan.

The category 4 cyclone left mainly damage to infrastructure as it passed the French territory, heading towards the Fiji group into Monday.

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17 Dec 2012

Wallis and Futuna (France)
Cyclone Evan : nombreux dégâts sur l'île française de Wallis (Polynésie)

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— Agence France-Presse

12/17/2012 10:43 GMT

MATA'UTU (France), 17 déc 2012 (AFP) - Les dégâts matériels causés par le cyclone Evan sur l'île de Wallis, principal territoire de l'archipel français de Wallis et Futuna, sont très importants et une mission de secours a été dépêchée sur place lundi depuis la Nouvelle-Calédonie.

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15 Dec 2012

Wallis and Futuna (France)
Cyclone Evan : l'île de Wallis durement touchée, Futuna moins frappée

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— Agence France-Presse

12/16/2012 14:03 GMT

PARIS, 16 déc 2012 (AFP) - L'île de Wallis a été "durement touchée" et a subi d'"importants dégâts matériels" après le passage du cyclone Evan, de classe 2, samedi et dimanche, tandis que celle de Futuna a été "moins frappée", a annoncé dimanche le gouvernement français.

Ce violent cyclone avait causé la mort d'au moins deux personnes lors de son passage jeudi et vendredi sur les îles voisines de Samoa, y détruisant la principale centrale électrique de cet archipel du Pacifique Sud.

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15 Dec 2012

Wallis and Futuna (France)
Passage du Cyclone Evan à Wallis et Futuna

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— Government of France

Victorin Lurel assure nos compatriotes de Wallis-et-Futuna de la totale mobilisation du gouvernement.

Le ministre des Outre-mer, Victorin LUREL, assure nos compatriotes de Wallis-et-Futuna de la totale mobilisation du gouvernement et témoigne de la solidarité nationale après le passage du cyclone de classe 2, Evan, sur ces deux îles, samedi et dimanche.

Depuis vendredi, le ministre se tient régulièrement informé de l’évolution de la situation en liaison avec les autorités préfectorales de Wallis-et-Futuna et le Haut-Commissariat en Nouvelle-Calédonie.

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01 Apr 2010

Wallis and Futuna (France)
Community ties help cyclone-devastated Futuna cope

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— Australian Broadcasting Corporation
It has been three long weeks of hard work for the inhabitants of Futuna since Cylcone Tomas destroyed 90 per cent of the French territory's traditional houses, over half of their public amenities and most of their crops.

The French Red Cross was quick to move into the worst-hit areas, bringing supplies and relief workers from New Caledonia.

As Florent Chane explains, they started-out with just 4 people sent from New Caledonia, but with the help of the chiefs they have now managed to recruit over 100 volunteers.

Presenter: Helen Hofman

Speaker: Florent Chane, emergency co-ordinator

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19 Mar 2010

Wallis and Futuna (France)
Futuna gravement touchée par un cyclone

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— Croix-Rouge Française
Dans le Pacifique, le cyclone Tomas a durement frappé les îles de Wallis et Futuna les 14 et 15 mars 2010, entraînant des inondations et des dégâts matériels importants sur l'île de Futuna.

Ces collectivités d'outre-mer française sont situées dans l'hémisphère sud : L'archipel se trouve entre la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Tahiti. Il est localisé à 22 000 kilomètres de Paris et est situé en Océanie polynésienne dans l'océan Pacifique occidental.

Si par bonheur on ne compte que des blessés légers sur l'île, celle-ci est dévastée !

Parmi les sinistrés, plusieurs centaines

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17 Mar 2010

Wallis and Futuna (France)
Crédits d'extrême urgence et fonds de secours pour Wallis-et-Futuna

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— Government of France
La ministre de l'outre-mer Marie-Luce Penchard a annoncé mardi soir à Paris la mobilisation de crédits d'extrême urgence et du fonds de secours de l'outre-mer pour les îles Wallis-et-Futuna (13.500 hab), situées à 2.000 km à l'est de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, touchées par le cyclone Tomas dimanche et lundi.

Dans un communiqué, Mme Penchard indique qu'un premier avion militaire Casa basé en Nouvelle-Calédonie a pu se poser à Wallis avec un détachement de soldats du Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine du Pacifique mardi midi (heure de Paris).

Cet appareil rejoindra Futuna mercredi

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25 Oct 2005

Mozambique + 3 others
Urgent appeal for Southern Africa

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— British Red Cross
The British Red Cross has launched an urgent appeal today to help millions of people who are at risk of serious food shortages across southern Africa.

Around 12 million people are facing a severe food crisis, according to a recent assessment by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia are most severely affected by the crisis but it is also threatening people in Mozambique, Swaziland, Namibia and Lesotho.

The British Red Cross, which already carries out work in southern Africa, is warning that assistance is needed

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04 Oct 2005

Zimbabwe + 3 others
South Africa donates $21.5 million to FAO and WFP for food aid and agricultural inputs

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— Food and Agriculture Organization
4 October 2005, Johannesburg - South Africa will donate 140 million rand ($21.5 million) to FAO and the World Food Programme (WFP) to support the agencies' operations in southern Africa, FAO/WFP announced today.

The donation is the third major contribution from South Africa to the UN agencies since 2003 and comes at a critical time in the gearing up phase of programmes ahead of the region's lean season, which starts as early as November in some countries.

FAO will receive 98 million rand ($15 million) for agricultural and livestock inputs, and WFP will get 35 million

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09 Jan 2004

Niue (New Zealand) + 3 others
Cyclone Heta updated 9 Jan 2004

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— Australian Agency for International Development
On 9 January, Acting Prime Minister John Anderson announced that Australia will send a primary health care team to Niue after Cyclone Heta destroyed the country's only hospital.

Australian officials are working closely with New Zealand, Niue and French authorities to ensure the response on Niue is timely, comprehensive and fully effective.

The deployment of the health team is in addition to an initial emergency relief assistance package for Niue and Samoa, announced by Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on 8 January.

Australia stands ready to respond to

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06 Jan 2004

Fiji + 4 others
Cyclone Heta updated 6 Jan 2004

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— Australian Agency for International Development
Australian officials in Canberra, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and New Zealand continue to closely monitor the progress of Cyclone Heta, which formed on 1 January 2004.

Australia stands ready, in coordination with FRANZ partners, France and New Zealand, to assist any Pacific Nation in assessment of, and response to, damage caused by the cyclone.

At 8.00am (AEDT), Tuesday 6 January, Cyclone Heta, a category four cyclone, was about 170 nautical miles northwest of Niue and 160 nautical miles northeast of Vava'u, Tonga.

Overnight, Cyclone Heta passed close

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31 Dec 2001

Fiji + 3 others
South Pacific cyclone intensifies - Tonga at risk

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— Agence France-Presse
AUCKLAND, Dec 31 (AFP) - Tonga was warned Monday that a powerful cyclone was intensifying and would bring "phenomenal seas" and destructive winds.

Cyclone Waka formed Sunday between Samoa and Fiji, close to the French islands of Wallis and Futuna.

The Honolulu-based Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC) said at midnight (1200 Sunday GMT) Waka was at 14.2 south latitude, 175.8 west with sustained winds of 167 kilometres per hour (kph) (90 knots), gusting to 204 kph (110 knots).

They warn it will intensify to gusts

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30 Dec 2001

Fiji + 3 others
Severe cyclone bearing down on South Pacific islands

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— Agence France-Presse
AUCKLAND, Dec 30 (AFP) - A cyclone, named Waka, formed Sunday between Samoa and Fiji and appeared to be on course for the Kingdom of Tonga, the Honolulu-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center warned.

Satellite imagery showed the centre of Waka to be 370 kilometres (230 miles) west of the Samoan capital of Apia, near the French island of Wallis, at about 0000 GMT.

It was moving almost due south with its current course projecting it to hit the low-lying Tongan capital of Nuku'alofa on Tuesday. It was also expected to pass over Fiji's Lau Group of islands.

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