While the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) Continues to receive and facilitate requests for Dead Body repatriation and cargo runs from small crafts/boat owners and the public, it wants to remind the travelling public that we are still in the country’s cyclone season and all precautions must be taken while travelling between islands.
In the current operation the NEOC is working alongside the Solomon Islands Meteorological Service (SIMS) as the key hazards advisor in terms of weather. In their roles the SIMS is providing daily weather update summary and continuous monitoring of significant weather and any possible cyclone developments.
A statement from NEOC says “the SIMS plays an important role in our daily operations, the information they provide helps us to plan safely. There is nothing worse than putting out a planned program on paper and not being able to implement it because of bad weather”.
