A regional organisation is warning of the dire consequences faced by many Pacific nations in the face of a possible El Niño in 2017 and urged countries to start planning…
As a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of the Solomon Islands, triggering a tsunami warning across the Pacific, many residents of the tiny country would have turned to…
Several people have died in floods in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea since last week. The heavy rain started on Friday 14 October causing flooding and landslides. Sections of…
KATHMANDU, May 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For weeks after Nepal’s worst earthquake in 80 years, the skies above the Himalayan nation vibrated with military helicopters ferrying relief, airplanes bringing…
A new report “Assessment of the Early Warning Systems for inland and coastal flooding in Papua New Guinea” was presented on Thursday, 28 April, 2016, by Climate Change Development Authority…
BANGKOK, March 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – After months of food and water shortages caused by drought and frost, Papua New Guinea is suffering floods and mudslides affecting 2,000 people…
Local media are reporting that at least 3 people have died as a result of heavy rain, floods and landslides in Papua New Guinea. The country’s Post Courier says that…
PARIS, Dec 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United States will contribute $30 million to climate risk insurance schemes in the Pacific, Central America and Africa, President Barack Obama announced…
Oxfam and Deloitte in New Zealand have teamed up to develop a logistics framework and management plans for disaster support and relief in the Pacific region, using expertise and insight…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is working with Papua New Guinea’s Office of Climate Change and Development (OCCD) to develop early-warning systems for inland and coastal flooding. The new…
Six people – 5 children and a mother – were killed when flash floods struck in Jiwaka province in Papua New Guinea on Friday 27 February 2015. The victims were…
Local media in Papua New Guinea are reporting that heavy rain caused flooding and landslides over the weekend in Kimbe and across the province of West New Britain. The flooding…
A report from the National Disaster office of Papua New Guinea says that more than 45,000 people have been affected by flooding in Gulf Province and Southern Highlands. No deaths…
Some local media reports in Papua New Guinea are claiming that severe floods have affected over 10,000 people in New West Britain Province. Flooding has also been reported in the…
