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Hurricane Dorian – a category 5 hurricane – made landfall over the northern Bahamas from 1-3 September, resulting in wind speeds of up to 300km/h and storm surge flooding of 18-23 feet (5.5-7 metres) above normal tide levels.
Hurricane Beryl―the strongest hurricane in the history of the Atlantic in the month of June―formed on 30 June 2024 as a Category-4
On the morning of 5 October, Hurricane Matthew, the Caribbean's worst storm in nearly a decade hit parts of the Bahamas, Haiti and Cuba. Hurricane Matthew caused significant damage in the three countries, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities.
The ETC activities in the Caribbean are coming to an end soon.
On 17 December, Category 5 severe Cyclone Yasa barrelled into Fiji causing catastrophic damage and destruction. Most damage was caused on Fiji’s second-largest island of Vanua Levu.
Following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck southwest Haiti on the morning of 14 August 2021, the extent of the damage to local telecommunications infrastructure is still unclear.
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake Palu City and Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia on Friday, 28 September, 2018. The earthquake epicentre was recorded at 10 km depth, 27 km northeast of Donggala, Central Sulawesi.
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) has not been activated in Madagascar, but World Food Programme (WFP), as global lead of the ETC, is leading the response efforts together with ETC members.
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Tropical Cyclone Idai- a category 3 cyclone- made landfall in Beira, Mozambique’s fourth largest city, on 14 March evening, bringing with it high wind speeds of up to 224km/h and heavy rains.
Between 1-9 April, Cyclone Harold tore through the Pacific, causing widespread destruction in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga.
Super Typhoon Rai (Odette) made landfall on 16 December 2021 and left devastation in its wake as it passed through the central Philippine islands.
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Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) activities in the Philippines are currently in transition and services are being handed over.
On the night of 13 August 2017, the city of Freetown and its outskirts experienced torrential rains and mudslides that continued well into the morning of 14 August 2017.
Two earthquakes of 7.8 and 7.7 magnitude occurred in south-east Türkiye on 06 February 2023. The epicentre of the earthquakes occurred in the Kahramanmaraş region and affected an area of 400 kilometres.
Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Pam slammed into Vanuatu on Saturday 14 March with winds of up to 250 kilometres per hour, and gusts up to 350 kilometres per hour, causing widespread devastation across the Oceanian island nation.
Vanuatu declared a state of emergency on 5 March after two cyclones and a magnitude 6.5 earthquake devastated the country in the space of just a few days.
On 17 December 2024, at approximately 12:47pm local time, a magnitude―7.3 earthquake struck the island nation of Vanuatu, 31 kilometres (km) west the capital city―Port Vila.
On 24 October 2023, Tropical Cyclone Lola made landfall in Vanuatu as a Category 4 storm. It was the third tropical cyclone to hit Vanuatu in 2023.