The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) has issued a Heavy Rain and Flooding ‘WHAT TO DO’ information in force for Choiseul, Isabel, Western, Malaita, Central, Guadalcanal, Makira and Temotu Provinces.
The Solomon Islands Meteorological Service has acknowledged the new pilot malaria monitoring and early warning system called MalaClim that allows the early detection of Malaria.
The Solomon Islands Meteorological Service has issued a Heavy Rain alert number two at 5pm this afternoon for Choiseul, Western, Isabel and Malaita provinces. The weather office says a developing Low – an area of unstable air – lies over the Solomon Islands and is slow moving.
The Solomon Islands Meteorological Services has issued the heavy rain alert number three this morning. The alert is active for Choiseul, Isabel and Malaita provinces.
A Heavy Rain Alert is in force for Choiseul, Isabel and Malaita Provinces. Solomon Islands Meteorological Services issued the warning at 5pm this afternoon as ‘Heavy Rain Alert Number Two’.
No Tsunami threat is issued for the country. A statement from the Solomon Islands Meteorological Service this morning says this follows an undersea earthquake of magnitude 5.2 which occurred after half-past nine this morning near Sirovanga, Choiseul Province.
The Solomon Islands Meteorological Services has issued an “NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO SOLOMON ISLANDS” statement following an undersea earthquake which occurred last night.
The Solomon Islands Meteorological Services has issued a No tsunami threat to the Solomon Islands after an undersea earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred this afternoon. The undersea earthquake happened near 1-hundred and thirty-one kilometre west-southwest of Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
Disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and environmental management are top priorities for the Solomon Islands. The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology is taking a lead role in driving these initiatives.
Solomon Islands faces a possible El Nino season as it heads into cyclone season – November to January. Deputy Director of the Solomon Islands Meteorological Services, Lloyd Tahani told SIBC News in an interview yesterday the country’s climate condition is heading towards an El Nino season.
The Solomon Islands Meteorological Service has cancelled all heavy rain alerts for the country. A Heavy Rain Alert Cancellation issued by the Met Service at 5:00pm this evening confirmed the cancellation. A Heavy Rain Alert which was previously issued for All the provinces is now cancelled.
The National Disaster Management Office says there is no tsunami threat following an earthquake which occurred around 2pm this afternoon. An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 occurred at 2:34pm near New Britain Region Papua New Guinea.
The Solomon Islands is set to have a one-stop-shop database of maps and relevant information that shows decision-makers where risks like flooding, erosion and landslides are high.
The Solomon Islands Meteorological Services has issued an ‘NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS’ notice today after an undersea earthquake of magnitude 5.4 occurred at thirteen past nine this morning.
The Permanent Secretary responsible for Climate Change, Dr Melchior Mataki says there is an urgent need to look at fast capitalization of the Global Climate Fund.
Traditional knowledge, together with modern technologies can provide accurate and relevant weather forecast to local settings, says the Solomon Islands Meteorological Service.
A two-day workshop on Solomon Islands Traditional Knowledge Inception has successfully ended today in Honiara. Amongst its aims, the workshop wanted to identify traditional indicators of weather and climate and its reliability.
A heavy rain Alert is issued by the Solomon Islands Meteorological Services for the next 24 to 48 hours at 7.30 am this morning. A message from the Solomon Islands Meteorological Services says a heavy rain alert is in force for Choiseul, Isabel and Western Provinces.
The Solomon Islands Meteorological Service is installing and testing a climate-based monitoring and early warning system that will give out early malaria warnings. The office will initially try out the new system in Guadalcanal and Central Islands Province this week.
A workshop to enhance countries resilience to the adverse effects of climate change in agriculture and food security has started in Honiara today. The Climate Services and Early Warning System Workshop ends on Thursday this week.
