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Communication problems hamper Solomons cyclone assessment
Solomon Islands disaster officials say damage reports are coming in, but communication is down in many areas as cyclone Ului is battering the country. The category four cyclone has been nearly...
Solomon Islands: Ului destroy houses
Latest reports say more than 10 dwelling houses in different villages on Rennell Island have either been destroyed or damaged by cyclone Ului. However, NDMO says the number is expected to increase as...
Solomon Islands: Once weather clears, plane will off for Rennell and Bellona
The Solomon Islands National Disaster Management Office says a plane will be sent to the worst hit province of Rennell and Bellona as soon as the weather improves. Early reports from there say up to...
Solomon Islands: Hograno Man Questions on Relief Food Supplies to his Area
A resident of West Hograno is calling on responsible authorities to respond to food shortages in the West Hograno area following the area being declared a disaster area earlier this year. Mr Applose...
Solomon: Flooding Affects Pamua School
Water problems is making life for Students of Pamua school very diffucult. The recent heavy rains that caused flooding blocked the water mains from normal flow. In an email from Pamua DLCP, form six...
Solomon Islands: Concerned Farmers want Quick Fix to Broken Bridges
Of the bridges damaged by heavy downpour last week to the west of Honiara, three have temporarily being fixed. The Tamboko bridge linking the larger North West and West Guadalcanal access to Honiara...
Solomon Islands: Flooding Have Been Devastating : Toki
SIBC's North West Guadalcanal correspondent John Toki has described damages caused by the recent heavy rain and flooding as devastating. He says with bridges and parts of road west and eastwards side...
Solomon Islands: Flooding Hits Parts of West
Some parts of Western Province have also been affected by heavy rains, floods, and landslides, police in the province say. Still recovering from the two major earthquakes a few weeks ago, police in...
Solomon Islands: Reports on effects of heavy rain
The National Disaster Management Office has received reports from various part of the country about effects of the recent heavy rain. Reports have been received from Guadalcanal, Malaita and Isabel. ...
Solomon Islands: Police search for missing children
The Royal Solomon Islands Police are mounting up search operations for two children who went missing around the upper Betikama area since yesterday. Acting Police Commissioner, Edmund Sikua said the...
Solomon Islands: Teams sent out to assess effect of heavy rain
The National Disaster Management Office, N-D-M-O, has sent assessment teams to areas affected by the heavy rain and flooding in the past few days. The Office says areas of interest are those between...
Solomon Islands: People evacuated from flooding areas
More than 60 people have been evacuated from areas east of Honiara and are now at the Rove Police Club. Acting Police Commissioner Edmund Sikua says this followed the flooding of those areas as the...
Solomon Islands: Telekom install free emergency line
The National Disaster Council has thanked Our Telekom for supporting its Munda-based Emergency Operations Centre with free communication facilities. Our Telekom last Thursday installed a telephone...
Solomon Islands: Taiwan assist quake victims
Taiwan Embassy says the Taiwanese government is to donate 300-thousand dollars to help victims of the recent earthquakes in the Western Province. The Embassy says the donation ceremony will be hosted...
Solomon Islands: Villagers run to higher ground as a another earthquake last night
Emergency and aid teams have now reached isolated village areas near Gizo after a third quake hit the area last night. Thousands of villagers in the Western Province were frightened into running to...