Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Inhabitants-Prepare-for-Cyclone-Donna-in-Vanuatu-27MZIFJJYB4VE.htmlConceptually similarInhabitants Prepare for Cyclone Donna in VanuatuGP0STQVKACompleted★★★★Inhabitants Prepare for Cyclone Donna in VanuatuGP0STQVKBCompleted★★★★Inhabitants Prepare for Cyclone Donna in VanuatuGP0STQVKCCompleted★★★★Inhabitants Prepare for Cyclone Donna in VanuatuGP0STQVKECompleted★★★★Inhabitants Prepare for Cyclone Donna in VanuatuGP0STQVKFReadyForCataloguing★★★★Inhabitants Prepare for Cyclone Donna in VanuatuGP0STQVKHCompleted★★★★Impacts of Cyclone Donna in VanuatuGP0STQVKLCompleted★★★★Impacts of Cyclone Donna in VanuatuGP0STQVKNCompleted★★★★Impacts of Cyclone Donna in VanuatuGP0STQVJXCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STQVKDInhabitants Prepare for Cyclone Donna in VanuatuInhabitants of Éfaté island prepare their homes for tropical Cyclone Donna.The storm was a category 4 on a scale of 5, and impacted the archipelago despite being out of the usual tropical cyclone season. According to experts, this type of extreme weather phenomena occurs more and more frequently and intensely as a result of climate change.In original language:Cambio Climatico en VanuatuRepública de Vanuatu.La Repu´blica de Vanuatu (antiguas Nuevas He´bridas) es un archipie´lago de 83 islas del oce´ano Paci´fico sur. Su capital es Port Vila. 65 de las 83 islas no esta´n habitadas. En 2015 y 2016, Naciones Unidas ha clasificado a Vanuatu como el pai´s con mayor riesgo del mundo frente a los desastres naturales. Su temperatura esta en aumento, el periodo de lluvias ha disminuido, ha subido el nivel del mar, se han acidificado sus aguas.En 2005 los habitantes del pueblo de Tegua, en la Isla de Torres se convirtieron en los primeros habitantes del planeta en ser desplazados por la subida del nivel del mar.Locations:Efate-Melanesia-VanuatuDate:8 May, 2017Credit:© Pedro Armestre / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5445px X 3630pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Climate change impacts-Cyclones-Day-Houses-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Outdoors-Raining-Small group of people-Storms (weather)-VillagesShoot:Climate Change Impacts in VanuatuDuring an expedition to the Republic of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, Greenpeace documents the effects that climate change has already had on this remote region of the planet. Vanuatu is an area that, because of its location, is exposed to all kinds of natural disasters that are aggravated by climate change. In fact, during the team's stay, cyclone Donna, category 4 on a scale of 5, impacted the archipelago despite being out of the usual tropical cyclone season. According to experts, this type of extreme weather phenomena occurs more and more frequently and intensely as a result of climate change.The Republic of Vanuatu is an archipelago of 83 islands in the South Pacific Ocean. In 2015 and 2016, the United Nations ranked Vanuatu as the world's most at risk country in the face of natural disasters.Its temperature is increasing, the rainy season has decreased, the sea level has risen, and its waters have become acidified.
