The Solomon Islands Meteorological Service has issued- ‘Heavy Rain Alert’ for parts of the country.
Principal Officer, National Disaster Management Office, Mr Hotoravu Alenge says, the Heavy Rain Alert is in force for Western, Central, Guadalcanal, Makira and Rennell and Bellona provinces.
He says the current bad weather is attributed to an active monsoon trough which lies south of Solomon Islands and links to a developing tropical Low located south-southwest of Rennell Island.