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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Solomon Islands is exposed to a range of natural hazards, including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanos, tropical storms, and flooding. Natural disasters that particularly affected the country include the 2007 Gizo earthquake and tsunami, 2009 Guadalcanal flash floods, 2013 Santa Cruz earthquake and tsunami, 2014 flooding in Honiara and Guadalcanal, and the 2016 Makira earthquake and tsunami. As Solomon Islands works to strengthen disaster resilience, more recent events such as 2023’s Tropical Cyclones (TC) Kevin and Judy and 2020’s TC Harold have caused less widespread human fatalities but still caused significant loss of livelihoods and economic damage. Increased resilience is evident when looking at Solomon Islands’ progress in strengthening capacity since 1986, when TC Namu killed more than 100 people and left up to 90,000 homeless.