By Linny Folau in Honiara

Meteorological services in the Pacific Islands have common challenges, and these will be discussed at the Fourth Pacific Meteorological Council Meeting in Honiara next week.

In Honiara, ‘Ofa Fa’anunu, Director of Tonga Met and Pacific Meteorological Council Chair said the meeting is a chance for meteorological services to come together and discuss their priorities and challenges.

CSIRO, Bureau of Meteorology & SPREP plant tree grafts at the end of the Cocoa farm field trip with #PACCSAP & #COSPPac workshops yesterday.

Pacific journalists are in Honiara this week for a Pacific Islands Media and Meteorological Services Training in preparation for two important regional climate and weather meetings next week.

Training began on August 9 for more than 20 journalists from around the region. They will also cover the Fourth Pacific Meteorological Council on August 14-17 and the Second Pacific Ministerial Meeting on Meteorology on August 18, in Honiara.

Defined as a period of below-average precipitation sometimes coupled with increased temperatures, drought is an issues that has arisen for a multitude of reason throughout the years. Known to last several years – the longest recorded one lasted over 400 – droughts can have a dramatic effect on agricultural, the 

• The tropical Pacific Ocean is currently neutral. Most 

The Vanuatu Meteorological and Geo-Hazard Department (VMGD)