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Luganville, Vanuatu [1] Triple jump: 14.65 m Georges Taniel: 31 August 1978 Pirae, French Polynesia [1] Shot put: 14.27 m Georges Laurence: 27 June 1980 Port Vila, Vanuatu [1] Discus throw: 45.84 m Georges Laurence: 7 September 1982 Port Vila, Vanuatu [1] Hammer throw: 34.31 m Lachlan Kalsau: 13 December 2017 Pacific Mini Games: Port Vila ...
As Fran impacted Vanuatu, the whole of New Caledonia was placed under a pre-alert, before cyclone warning number 1 was issued for the French territory on 9 March. [16] [17] This warning required schools to close and advised people to take shelter indoors. [17] In New Caledonia, flooding and mudslides occurred. Winds of 220 km/h (140 mph) were ...
Cyclone Fran – a strong cyclone in 1992 that impacted Vanuatu as a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone; Cyclone Winston – the strongest cyclone recorded in the South Pacific; impacted Fiji as a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone in 2016; Cyclone Harold – a strong cyclone in 2020 and the strongest cyclone to impact Vanuatu since Pam.
Cyclone Nigel was the second of three tropical cyclones to affect Vanuatu within a week, and the second of five tropical cyclones to impact Vanuatu in 1985. [6] Nigel affected the islands of Espiritu Santo , Ambae , Maewo and Pentecost between January 17 and 18, and was thought to have caused more damage than Cyclone Eric.
The Vanuatu Meteorology Department said Lola's central winds were estimated to be over 100 mph (165 km/hr) on Tuesday, making Severe Cyclone Lola the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane on the ...
On January 13, TCWC Nadi started to monitor a tropical depression that had developed, within a trough of low pressure near the island nation of Tuvalu. [6] Over the next few days the system gradually developed further before it was named Tusi during January 16, after it had become equivalent to a modern-day category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale.
Severe Cyclone Lola, packing winds equivalent to that of a major hurricane, rolled through Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean earlier this week, leaving behind a trail of destruction.Now a tropical ...
A powerful tropical cyclone made landfall on the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Monday, witnesses said, levelling buildings in a country already in a state of emergency due to concerns ...