Reports

Situation Status: The Honiara City Disaster Office has activated its Disaster Management plan since Thursday 3 April. The NDMO has mandated HCC to procure and distribute disaster relief goods and manage the evacuation centres within the Honiara…

Salient Points Torrential rain in the capital city of Honiara, Guadalcanal, Makira and probably other provinces caused massive flooding, damages and displacement between 3-5 April 2014 Entire communities were destroyed when the Matanika River overflowed Closed airport; destroyed or damaged…

This report is produced by OCHA Regional Office for the Pacific (ROP) in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by OCHA ROP and covers the period from 6 to 7 April 2014. The next report…

SITUATION DESCRIPTION At 5.00 am this morning, all tropical cyclone watch advises were cancelled. Tropical Cyclone ITA (category one) with a central pressure of 997 hectopascals was re-located near 12.1 degrees latitude and 153.6 degrees longitude. This…

The Situation Prolonged heavy rainfall associated with a tropical depression passing over the Solomon Islands group has resulted in severe flooding in the capital Honiara, and damage across Guadalcanal province. The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) requested that…

SITUATION DESCRIPTION: At 11.00 am this morning, a tropical low with a central pressure of 1002 hectopascals was re-located near 11.1 degrees latitude south and 158.7 degrees longitude east, approximately 63 nautical miles northwest of Bellona Island…

SITUATION DESCRIPTION: At 11.00 am this morning, a tropical low with a central pressure of 1002 hectopascals was re-located near 11.1 degrees latitude south and 158.7 degrees longitude east, approximately 63 nautical miles northwest of Bellona Island…

SITUATION DESCRIPTION: At 11.00 am this morning, a tropical low with a central pressure of 998 hectopascals was re-located near 11.8 degrees latitude south and 156.3 degrees longitude east, approximately 206 nautical miles west of Bellona Island.…

There are a total of 19 confirmed deaths and an estimated 52,000 people affected across the Solomon Islands (population 515,870), around half of which are children. In Honiara (pop. 64,609), there are 17 fatalities, 30 people missing…

Highlights Torrential rain in Guadalcanal Province, especially around the capital city of Honiara, is causing ongoing flooding since Thursday, April 3. The storm may develop into a tropical cyclone in the next 24 hours. Heavy rain warning…