Reports

Pacific Island Countries The Pacific is one of the most disaster-prone regions on earth. Climate change is contributing to tropical cyclones, floods, drought and rising sea levels which have resulted in chronic emergency conditions and in an…

Highlights The first round of Government-led, harmonized assessments will return by 2 April and will be used to identify residual humanitarian priorities and gaps in life-saving assistance, as well as early recovery needs. The second and final…

The situation On Friday, 27 March 2015, a tropical depression was noted forming in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), near Pohnpei state and the national capital in Palikir. The storm continued gathering strength and developed into…

Disaster event details • Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam Category 5 hit Tafea Province around 5.00am Saturday 14 March lasted 9 hours, until 2pm. • Winds came first from the east then shifted north and finally from the west •…

Vanuatu’s population is highly reliant on subsistence farming for food security and livelihoods. The destruction of food gardens and loss of livestock leave households with no alternative food source. The cyclone destroyed up to 96 percent of crops,…

• People with disability and older people may face significant barriers to accessing assistance in the wake of Cyclone Pam. • In line with International Human Rights Law, the UNCRPD , SPHERE standards, and guidance…

HIGHLIGHTS On 22 March, 650 hygiene kits were delivered to Emae Island and distributed prioritizing given to the most vulnerable. IOM assisted with the relocation of the most vulnerable IDPs from Mataso Island, through conducting predeparture medical checks,…

Disaster event details Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam started around 5.00am Saturday 14 March lastng untl 2pm the same day Winds came from the east at frst then shifed to the north and fnally from the west Winds began to…

Highlights Planning is ongoing for the second phase of harmonized multi-cluster needs assessments in cyclone-affected areas. These are due to commence on 1 April and will be completed by 8 April. The Government informed that schools used as…

Highlights • The Government and humanitarian partners continue to deliver food, shelter, fuel, clothes, water treatment tablets, medical supplies, and other relief items to the affected islands. • Rapid assessments have been carried out on the three northern…