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Solomon Island villagers ready for tsunami and cyclone

Source(s): Solomon Star Newspapers
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Chris Dala, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands, by Piotr Fajfer, Oxfam International, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic, http://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfam/3058673946/
Chris Dala, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands, by Piotr Fajfer, Oxfam International, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic, http://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfam/3058673946/

According to the Solomon Star, disaster simulation exercises have successfuly been carried out by Village Disaster Management Committee (VDMC) members in 11 villages, under the supervision of the Pacific Community-focused Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction (PCIDRR) Field Officer for Guadalcanal, to test village disaster response plans for tsunami and cyclone evacuations.

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Hazards Cyclone Tsunami
Themes Community-based DRR Disaster risk management Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Country and region Solomon Islands
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