Papua New Guinea
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More rain for PNG could mean more potential disasters waiting to strike
In the past few days, PNG has seen this ‘disaster triggering disaster’ effect in play with major flooding in many…
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Residents Stress on The Environmental Impacts Experienced
The La Niña, or heavy rainfall, in the Western Pacific has brought about severe damages to the environment. In the…
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PNG National Weather Service: Prepare for rainy weather ahead
The PNG National Weather Service has forecast frequent rainfall over the first five months of 2017. The predicted La Nina…
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Road Section of Highlands Highway Damaged by Flooding
Traffic along the 41 mile section of the Highlands Highway has slowed to a crawl after flooding damaged road sections.…
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No Signs of Volcano Eruption Following 7.9 Quake
By Alphonse Aime (DWU Journalism Student) The Rabaul Volcanological Observatory says last weekend’s 7.9-magnitude earthquake, although it was a big…
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Quake hits east of Papua New Guinea, tsunami warnings scaled back
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 struck 157 km (98 miles) east of Rabaul in…
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Magnitude 7.9 strikes New Ireland Province
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake has been detected by the US Geological Survey, 46 kilometres east of Taron in New Ireland Province…
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Strong wind warning
Initial strong wind warning issued by PNG National Weather Service valid from 11:00 am Friday, December 16, 2016 for all…
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Heavy Rain and Flood Warning Advice for Public
Heavy rain and flood warning advice issued by Port Moresby National Weather Service Forecasting and Warning Centre at 2.00 pm…
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NAC To Conduct Emergency Exercise Tomorrow
A major full-scale emergency exercise will be carried out by the National Airports Corporation (NAC) tomorrow. The exercise will be…
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