Reports

Salient Points Two weeks after torrential rain and river overflow in Honiara, Guadalcanal, Malaita and Isabel Provinces caused massive flooding, damages and displacement on 3 and 5 April 2014, flood waters are receding leaving behind acres of…

Situation Description At 11:00 am on April 3, 2014 a tropical low with a central pressure of 1002 hectopascals as relocated near 11.1 degrees latitude south and 158.7 degrees longitude east, approximately 63 nautical miles northwest of…

Highlights • The Government is encouraging people to voluntarily leave evacuation centres and return home, with return assistance packages ready for distribution. • Joint assessment of damaged Honiara households is underway, and initial reports indicate 253 houses destroyed…

HIGHLIGHTS On 3-5 April 2014, heavy rains poured over Solomon Islands and resulted in massive flooding in the capital city of Honiara and the rest of the Guadalcanal province. The disaster has left people dead and thousands more…

Salient Points Torrential rain and river overflow in Honiara, Guadalcanal, Malaita and Isabel Provinces caused massive flooding, damages and displacement between 3 and 5 April 2014. Two earthquakes (7.2 and 7.7 in magnitude) have shaken Solomon Islands in the…

SITUATION DESCRIPTION All new information is in red coloured font. The current situation now is that the floods are now recedes in almost all the flood inundated areas, and humanitarian responses are slowly being delivered by the Government and…

Situation Status: On Thursday 3 April, NDMO declared Honiara and Guadalcanal in a State of Disaster and a state of emergency was declared by the Solomon Islands Government on Friday April 4. The National Disaster Management Office…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster Prolonged heavy rainfall associated with a tropical depression passing over the Solomon Islands group on 3 April 2014 has resulted in severe flooding in the capital Honiara, and associated damage in…

Highlights Number of confirmed deaths remains at 21, with 2 people missing. Over 9,000 people are displaced in Honiara, and over 50,000 people are affected in the capital and Guadalcanal. Aid agencies continue to work together to distribute food…

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