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Almost half Vanuatu people lack clean water month after cyclone: UNICEF
2015-04-22 17:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: More than 100,000 people in Vanuatu have no clean drinking water, a month after a monster cyclone struck the tiny Pacific nation, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. Two thirds of the archipelago's water and sanitation infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed and most wells are contaminated, UNICEF said in a statement. "There is water but quality is not that good because of the contamination," Ketsamay Rajphangthong, chief of UNICEF Vanuatu field office, told...
Vanuatu risks long-term food insecurity after monster cyclone: UN
2015-03-30 13:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The monster cyclone that hit Vanuatu earlier this month wiped out more than 90 percent of the archipelago's crops, putting its people at risk of a secondary emergency and long-term food insecurity, the United Nations warned on Monday. Tropical Cyclone Pam destroyed homes, electricity infrastructure and crops when it swept across the South Pacific island nation on March 13, leaving at least 11 dead. The United Nations issued an appeal last week for $29.9 million to provide an estimated 166,000 affected...
Cyclone Pam Destroys Agriculture, Kills Pigs in Vanuatu
2015-03-24 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
VANUATU - Strong winds, heavy rains and floods resulting from Tropical Cyclone Pam have caused extensive damage to agriculture throughout Vanuatu, including the main food and export crops, livestock, and fisheries infrastructure, said the FAO.
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Cyclone on course to smash into Australian coast a second time
2015-03-23 03:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Three days after making landfall, Cyclone Nathan continued to threaten Australian coastal communities, with 400 residents of a remote northern island on Monday ordered to evacuate after meteorologists warned the storm was intensifying. It is the second time since late February that people living in Goulburn Island off Australia's Northern Territory have had to evacuate to escape a tropical cyclone. "Police have the power to force people to evacuate," said regional controller Commander Bruce...
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Unprecedented CO2 Crimes: Next time Let's Call it Cyclone ExxonMobil
2015-03-21 12:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Juan Cole: Cyclone Pam, which this past week caused unprecedented destruction in the South Sea island nation of Vanuatu, should be called Cyclone ExxonMobil. I took this idea from a comment by Bill McKibben about Hurricane Sandy (hurricane is simply another name for a tropical cyclone). After Sandy struck, McKibben said that, if there were any poetic justice, it would be named Hurricane Chevron or Hurricane Exxon. Chevron is certainly a despicable corporation, which has caused much destruction. But...
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