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Cyclone Pam Prompts Action for Vanuatu at Sendai Conference
2015-03-16 02:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Cyclone Pam has not only caused unprecedented damages to the Pacific island of Vanuatu but also lent urgency to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's plea that disaster risk reduction is in "everybody's interest". "Sustainability starts in Sendai," Ban declared at the opening of the Third World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR), the largest-ever high-level meeting on the theme, which kicked off on Mar. 14 in Sendai, the centre of Japan's Tohoku region, which bore the brunt of the 2011...
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First aid reaches Vanuatu islands ravaged Cyclone Pam
2015-03-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Aid is beginning to arrive in Vanuatu after the Pacific island nation was hit by a cyclone which President Baldwin Lonsdale described as a "monster". Air force planes arrived with supplies from Australia and New Zealand, and other countries have pledged to help. Aerial images of the capital Port Vila show many houses completely flattened. A communications blackout means little is known about conditions beyond the capital but a pilot saw similar devastation in outlying islands. His voice...
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Cyclone Pam and climate change: Are the Pacific Islands ready?
2015-03-14 19:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: At least eight people have been killed after one of the most powerful cyclones to hit the Pacific Ocean tore through the islands of Vanuatu early Saturday, multiple news outlets reported. Packing winds up to 270 kilometers (168 miles) per hour, Cyclone Pam blew down or destroyed homes and cut off power, water, and communication lines, especially on the archipelagos outer islands, The Associated Press reported. As of Saturday, eight have been reported dead, but aid workers have said it could...
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Vanuatu: Cyclone Pam brings catastrophic death, destruction
2015-03-14 18:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News.com.au: AID workers say eight people are confirmed dead in Vanuatu after a massive cyclone tore through the tiny South Pacific archipelago and the death toll is expected to rise much higher. Chloe Morrison, a World Vision emergency communications officer in Port Vila, said Sunday that officials from Vanuatu`s National Disaster Management Office confirmed to her agency that eight people in and around the capital had died during the cyclone. She says officials haven`t been able to assess the damage in...
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Cyclone Pam: Vanuatu residents find homes blown away
2015-03-14 08:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Residents in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu hunkered in emergency shelters for a second straight night on Saturday after venturing out to find their homes damaged or blown away by the storm, aid workers said. Cyclone Pam tore through the tiny Pacific archipelago early on Saturday, leaving a trail of destruction and unconfirmed reports of dozens of deaths. Power remained out across Vanuatu and people on many of the outer islands had no access to running water or outside communications, said Chloe Morrison,...
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