Reports

Highlights • The NDMO reports that around 4,500 people remain in 10 evacuation centres. • Some 1,110 houses assessed in Guadalcanal Province have been either destroyed or damaged. • Preliminary findings from a rapid socio-economic impact…

1. SITUATION DESCRIPTION On periods between 2nd to 5th April 2014 a trough lies over the Solomon Islands. The weak low then developed into a Tropical Depression and later further developed into Tropical Cyclone Ita. The 24 hours…

Ms. Osnat Lubrani is the United Nations Resident Coordinator of the UN multi-country office in Fiji. The office covers 10 Pacific Island countries: Fiji, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands,…

An application has been prepared and submitted for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). This is a stand - by fund established by the United Nations to enable more timely and reliable humanitarian assistance to victims…

Highlights • US$13.6 million is needed to meet the needs of affected people over the next three months, with US$11.6 million unmet. • Evacuation centres are being consolidated down to three, with an estimated 4,000 people still displaced. •…

CONTEXT Three weeks after destructive flooding on 3-5 April affected 52,000 people in the Solomon Islands, about half of displaced persons have left the evacuation centres in Honiara. Provision of food, water, health and other services is…

The Disaster Prolonged heavy rainfall associated with a tropical depression passing over the Solomon Islands on 3 April 2014 resulted in severe flooding in the capital, Honiara, and associated damage in Guadalcanal, Makira, Malaita and Isabel provinces.…

Heavy rain brought by Tropical Cyclone Ita in early April caused some of the worst flash flooding in the history of the Solomon Islands. The rains caused river systems to overflow, sending torrents of brown water…

Poor Water Supply and Sanitation Impose High Costs on Kiribati - Report MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene in South Tarawa, Kiribati’s main urban center, have been estimated to impose economic costs of between…

1. SITUATION DESCRIPTION On periods between 2nd to 5th April 2014 a trough lies over the Solomon Islands. The weak low then developed into a Tropical Depression and later further developed into Tropical Cyclone Ita. The 24 hours…