A call out made to Provincial Disaster Officers and key informants by the National Disaster Management Office today to determine the impacts of the current weather condition indicated that no major damages to properties, infrastructure or loss of lives were being reported so far.
The call out was made to Temotu, Renbel and Makira provinces. All 3 provinces reported continuous rain but are yet to experience any kind of major damages that require immediate assistance from authorities. Renbel provinces in particular reported that people are still enjoying occasional sunshine only punctuated by intermittent down pours.
Guadalcanal on the other hand has experienced heavy down pour for the past few days with reports of flooding in low lying area in north Guadalcanal resulting in minor damage to food gardens and properties. So far there is no report of any deaths within the affected areas. The NDMO is still to make contact with the remaining provinces.
