Twenty one people have died and an estimated 52,000 people are affected across the Solomon Islands, after the worst flooding the country has ever seen. The Government confirms at least eight of the deaths are children under seven years old.
A local academic Dr. Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka says the loss of lives and properties from last week’s flash floods is heartbreaking. Doctor Kabutaulaka says the economic impacts will soon be felt in the country’s coffers, and the social and psychological effects will loom in its citizen’s…
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo visited evacuation centres in Honiara today with the message to “work together”. Prime Minister Lilo visited evac centres at Bishop Epalle School, the Rove Police Club, Mbokona School in West Honiara; Mbokonavera School and Mbua Valley School in Central Honiara;…
Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has conveyed the sympathies of the Fijian people to the Solomon Islands following this week’s flash floods that caused severe destruction and claimed several lives.
A number of stores in China Town have began dealing with the aftermath of this week’s flash floods, cleaning up the mud and sludge the floods brought into their shops. A visit by SIBC News today witnessed shop owners cleaning up the inside of their shops, which were mostly covered in mud.
The death toll of the Mataniko flood now stands at fourteen, and authorities expect the number to continue to increase as many people are still reported as being missing.
The Provincial Government and People of Temotu Province have expressed sympathy and offered prayers for the thousands of flood victims in Honiara and Guadalcanal.
Floods in North West Guadalcanal has left twelve communities and 2-hundred and fifty-one households in Aruligo without clean, drinking water and food. A Stephen George of Horabu village in Aruligo told SIBC News this means more than one-thousand people are affected.
Honiara and other parts of Guadalcanal province have been declared “State of Disaster” zones after the Mataniko river bursts its banks, devastating homes and taking lives on its way down to the ocean.
The death toll of this week’s flash floods in the capital has now risen to nine and authorities say they expect the number to double over coming days. Also up to 8-thousand people are being assisted at the various evacuation centers in Honiara.
New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully says the New Zealand Government will contribute 3-hundred thousand dollars to support current relief efforts in Solomon Islands.
The National Disaster Management Office has increased the number of evacuation centres today with an additional three buildings. Eleven evacuation centers were established at various schools in the three Honiara constituencies.
Police have advised the general public to stay at home. The Acting Commissioner of Police says, the public is advised to stay at home and refrain from coming into town.
Police have recovered a body from the sea area between the Coconut Cafe and the Heritage Park Hotel this morning. SIBC’s Leni Dalavera was on the scene when police pulled the body from the sea. “Police have just pulled out the body of a young girl and took her to the hospital. As I speak
Flood waters in Isabel province has killed a man in his 50s on Tuesday this week while he was trying to cross the flooded Garanga river near Buala. Reports reaching SIBC News yesterday confirmed the man was among few others who were trying to cross the flooded river when he was carried away.
Head of the National Disaster Management Council says today’s heavy rains and flash floods are the worst he’s ever witnessed for Honiara. Loti Yates made the statement on national radio today when announcing the NDMO’s evacuation program for people worst hit by today’s heavy torrential rains and…
The Church of Melanesia, COM, has evacuated students from Selwyn College as a result of the continuous heavy rain. COM Communications officer Aldrin Peloko confirms, students were taken to Honiara yesterday. However, he says a number of students are still on campus.
A concerned Temotu Province man has called on the National Disaster Management Office to place full-time officers in the province. John Kiu told SIBC News today, people in the province are complaining about the lack of officers in the Temotu-based NDMO Office.
The occurrence of landslides in Gizo, Western Province is increasing following last weekend’s bad weather. Sina Adrian of Radio Hapi Lagun reported the latest landslide happened yesterday at the northern ridge of Premier Robert Kuve’s residence, following heavy rains on Thursday night.
The North Malaita region’s Agriculture Office has been called on to assess and assist a family whose food gardens have been buried by a landslide. SIBC Stringer John Kiri reports, Jack Lathalo of Suidara Village returned to his village from Honiara over the weekend only to witness his family garden…
