Australian Broadcasting Corporation

This podcast episode puts the spotlight on evacuations; in Samoa, for instance, the audience can hear how not having an evacuation plan can have severe consequences on mental health.

Scientists and politicians are warning big policy shifts are needed to mitigate extreme weather impacts, following what farmers describe as unprecedented flooding in the New South Wales Hunter and Mid North Coast regions last month.

Coastal engineers say places like the Netherlands have long used engineering to hold back the sea from low-lying land—and that the Pacific could do the same. But researchers say seawalls are usually a costly, short-term fix in a region with limited money.

There’s a common belief that after experiencing a disaster once, people are better placed the second time, you know what to secure, and what to leave behind. But what toll does this actually take, enduring disaster after disaster?

Villagers of Vunitogoloa in the Ra province – one of the 14 provinces in Fiji - have noticed many changes in recent years, both through development and the impacts of climate change which is taking its toll in low-lying Pacific islands.

A Ha’apai resident speaks of her experience during the volcanic eruption in 2022 in Tonga, and what some of the signs were prior to the event. A Tongan resident also shares how they felt well prepared before a recent strong earthquake in the country.

Tonga Broadcasting Commission explains how Tongan communities, still dealing with the psychological scars of the 2022 volcanic eruption and tsunami, have responded to recent earthquake activity in the country.

Reliving the memories of tropical cyclone Winston in Fiji from 2016 and how that natural disaster changed the way people think about preparedness.