As flood waters recede across Fiji, disaster management experts from the Pacific Community (SPC) are continuing to assist the national government’s response and recovery efforts in the wake of a...
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Suva to have more early warning sirens for disasters
Fiji’s capital, Suva, is expected to have five new early warning sirens for disasters by 2018. This will be made possible through a new agreement signed between the Pacific Community (SPC), and the...
Fiji + 1 more
Regional partnerships to strengthen disaster risk management in the Pacific
19 October 2016, Suva Reducing the negative impacts of disasters on the people of the Pacific is at the core of this year’s Pacific Resilience Week beginning in Suva, Fiji, today. Disaster managers...
Fiji: Solar initiative contributes to Cyclone Winston recovery
19 October 2016, Suva The Pacific Community (SPC) and the European Union (EU) have commissioned the installation of 400 solar photovoltaic home systems to help affected communities in Fiji recover...
Vanuatu + 3 more
Scaling up public health surveillance in Vanuatu with data training
Over 20 health professionals from all six provinces of Vanuatu are in Port-Vila this week to scale up public health surveillance with the Pacific Data for Decision-Making (DDM) training programme. ...
Tukuraki village relocation
The village of Tukuraki in Yakete, Ba is based precariously under a steep mountain which means its risk of being hit by natural disasters is a reality for its community. In January 2012, a landslide...
World + 14 more
Sanitation, drinking-water and health in Pacific island countries : 2015 update and future outlook
Foreword About 6.9 million people in Pacific island countries cannot access improved sanitation. More than 4.8 million cannot access improved water supplies. The United Nations General Assembly...
Cyclone Pam report released for Vanuatu
Port Vila, 22 June 2016 A reflection on what worked well and what could be improved upon in the Government of Vanuatu’s response to tropical cyclone Pam has been released today. The Vanuatu Lessons...
Cyclone Winston survey sets new baseline for damage data
Fane Ravula-Dinono Coastal hazard experts from the Pacific Community (SPC) have surveyed wind and wave damage from tropical cyclone Winston in more than 40 communities across the provinces of Bua,...
Seedlings to boost post-Winston food security
A total of 43,000 fruit and vegetable seedlings were handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture by the European Union Ambassador to the Pacific, H.E. Andrew Jacobs, today in Nadi, to boost the...
Tropical Cyclone Pam Lessons Learned Workshop Report - June 2015
A national debriefing workshop to identify lessons learned following Tropical Cyclone Pam (TC Pam) was facilitated by the Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) with support from the...
Pacific Community assists Fiji’s post-cyclone surveys
Two interdisciplinary teams of oceanographers and damage assessment specialists from the Pacific Community (SPC) will depart today to conduct a week-long survey of the impacts of tropical cyclone...
Fiji: TC Winston Building Damage Assessment, March 2016
Damage Assessment Maps, update 17th March 2016 Buildings Assessed 6735 Buildings Intact 4486 Buildings Damaged 2962 Buildings Destroyed 2580 Buildings Missing 72 Areas Assessed 134
Fiji: Western Koro Island - Existing Building Map (4 Mar 2016)
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Fiji: Eastern Koro Island - Existing Building Map (4 Mar 2016)
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Fiji: TC Winston Severly Affected Areas (26 Feb 2016)
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Fiji: TC Winston Cyclone Path (26 Feb 2016)
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Fiji: Critical Infrastructure (26 Feb 2016)
Map showing critical infrastructure within the 50km buffer zone of TC Winston
Fiji: Situational Highlights (4 Mar 2016)
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Fiji: Casualties of TC Winston (1 Mar 2016)
Map showing the location of casualties of Tropical cyclone Winston as of 1st March, 2016