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April 6, 2020: Cyclone Harold has claimed lives of at least seven people and left 21 other missing across Solomon Islands, after a passenger ferry was washed away due to storm surge. Cyclone Harold is currently a category five storm - the most severe. Also Cyclone Harold has become the strongest cyclone to affect Vanuatu since Cyclone Pam in 2015 .  Cyclone Harold made landfall over Vanuatu's southwest coast of Espiritu Santo Island today. At 01:00 UTC, Cyclone Harold's centre was located inland over Espiritu Santo approximately 45 km west of Luganville (town of Vanuatu). The Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department, Port Vila has issued red alert for Sanma, Penama and Malampa provinces following tropical cyclone Harold . Also yellow alert has been issued for Torba and Shefa provinces. Cyclone Harold is expected to continue moving south-east over the sea and to pass close to Kandavu Island (south Fiji) on April 8, 2020 in the morning. The Fiji Meteoro

Update April 4, 2020 About 28 people aboard a ferry have been missing due to rough seas in the Solomon Islands. Main Post April 3, 2020: Tropical Cyclone Harold has formed in the Coral Sea, southwest of Honiara, according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said Tropical Cyclone Harold, a category one, is 245 km west southwest of Honiara, the capital city of Solomon Islands. Tropical Cyclone Harold is forecast to intensify to category 2 strength as it approaches Solomon Islands. On 1st April 2020, a tropical low was formed centered between the Solomon Islands and the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea. Later, BOM upgraded the tropical low into a Category 1 tropical cyclone, and named it Harold. Harold is the 8th named storm of the 2019/20 South Pacific tropical cyclone season. Tropical Cyclone Harold Warning The Solomon Islands Meteorological Services has issued number five warning. A tropical cyclone warning

Flooding in the Solomon Islands has claimed lives of at least 21 people, left 40 missing and made up to 49,000 homeless. A state of emergency has been declared after Honiara's main river, the Matanikau, burst its banks, Xinhua News Agency reported. New Zealand has send an air force Hercules with disaster relief supplies in the area. Original post: Natural Disasters List April 6, 2014