Pacific: Cyclone Heta - Jan 2004 Updates

The objective of this Recovery Plan is to formulate and prioritise actions in order for Niue to recover from Cyclone Heta and to re‐build towards prosperity.

January 2004 saw the worst cyclone in Niue’s history devastate the small island nation. Natural ecosystems and buildings alike were swept away by up to 296 kilometre per hour winds and waves reaching...

Challenge Samoa's nine islands lay in an area prone to tropical cyclones. In 1990 and 1991, despite a less than a one-in-a-hundred-years probability, Samoa experienced two catastrophic cyclones, Ofa...

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background People of the Asia-Pacific...

In Brief Appeal No. 01.72/2004; Appeal target: CHF 2,051,861; Appeal coverage: 90.1%. Operational Context Throughout the year 2004, Pacific national societies made further progress towards achieving...

Total Appeal Target : US$ 750,000 Balance Requested from ACT Network: 738,743.09 Geneva, 6 January 2005 Dear Colleagues, During 2004, the ACT Rapid Response Fund assisted 26 ACT implementing members...

Summary of Western North Pacific and North Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones Tropical cyclone genesis regions compared to the 15-year average are shown in Figure 1-1. This year's tropical cyclones are...

CANBERRA, Nov 1, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has moved to strengthen links with Niue during a two-day state visit to the tiny Pacific island state with a...

The World Bank approved last week grants and credits of US$ 4.47 million to the government of Samoa to finance emergency recovery efforts needed to assist with cyclone damage. Samoa was hard hit in...

Niue Government and international community use storm aftermath to bolster aid coordination 27 April, Wellington, New Zealand - For the first time, aid agencies involved in the rebuilding of the...

ALOFI, Niue (Niue News, Mar. 4) - Niue agriculture stands to benefit from irrigation projects sponsored by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization. The FAO will says it will pay the...

Extracted from UMCOR Hotline 24 Feb 2004 New Housing at Bam, Southeastern Iran About 4,800 survivors of the Bam earthquake soon will be able to leave their tents for semi-permanent housing. Funded in...

Extracted from UMCOR Hotline 10 Feb 2004 Envoys to an international conference at the United Nations late last week pledged $520 million to rebuild war-ravaged Liberia, according to a New York Times...

Caritas Australia, as part of the regional Caritas Oceania network, will provide funding for a food distribution to the people of Niue. While governments from several countries, including Australia,...

In early January, Cyclone Heta ravaged American Samoa, in the South Pacific, destroying or severely damaging some 1,600 homes, causing infrastructure damage, and damaging or destroying fruit and...

It's just two weeks since a 300-kilometre-per-hour Cyclone, Heta, devastated Niue. And Premier, Young Vivian, says they have already completed the first phase of tidying up and are about to start...

Hon Phil Goff New Zealand will provide $5 million for reconstruction work on Niue, Foreign Minister Phil Goff and Aid Minister Marian Hobbs said today. "The emergency relief phase following Cyclone...

Australian Red Cross is sending a health team to the tiny island of Niue to help provide clinical care to the population which is still reeling after Cyclone Heta devastated the coral atoll on...

Episcopal Relief and Development is providing support to victims of Cyclone Heta which hit American Samoain the Pacific in early January. Winds, flash flooding, and strong waves damaged homes and...

ALOFI, Niue (Niue News Jan. 20) - It has been estimated that Niue's rebuilding program will cost around NZ$35million (US$23 million) over a five year period in the wake of the worst storm to hit in...