7 March 2019, Apia Samoa. A few years ago, the acronym GCF probably wouldn’t register on many people’s minds here in Samoa. That’s because the GCF, or the Green Climate Fund, hadn’t had any involvement with Samoa and was seen inaccessible.. Fast forward to 2019, GCF is now behind Samoa’s biggest climate change and disaster […]
Environment
TD11F is now Tropical Cyclone Pola heading towards Tonga
Tropical Depression (TD11F) has now been upgraded into Tropical Cyclone POLA at 2:00am today to the Northwest of Tonga or about 570km West-Southwest from Apia. TC POLA maintains its proposed path, advancing South-Southeast at a speed of 5KT and further away from Samoa. TC POLA WILL NOT POSE ANY THREAT TOWARDS SAMOA. Meanwhile, an active […]
Weather Update No8 – Issued 6am Tuesday 26th
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION NUMBER EIGHT (8) FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION (TD11F). ISSUED BY THE SAMOA METEOROLOGICAL DIVISION AT 5:00 AM TUESDAY 26th FEBRUARY 2019 HEAVY RAIN WARNING – WHOLE OF SAMOA FLOOD WARNING – VULNERABLE AREAS & ALL MAJOR RIVERS WIND ADVISORY – FOR ALL OF SAMOA SMALL CRAFT AND ALIA BOATS ADVISORY – SAMOA COASTAL […]
Tropical Depression 11F Located 480km West of Asau
This is your weather update issued at 5pm Mon 25th Feb from the Samoa Meteorological Office: SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION NUMBER SEVEN (7) FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION (TD11F). ISSUED BY THE SAMOA METEOROLOGICAL DIVISION AT 5:00 PM MONDAY 25th FEBRUARY 2019 HEAVY RAIN WARNING – WHOLE OF SAMOA FLOOD ADVISORY – VULNERABLE AREAS & ALL MAJOR RIVERS WIND […]
Tropical Depression 06F Moving Away from Samoa
08 February 2019, Samoa Met Office. The Samoa Met Office Severe Weather Information Report No12 advised yesterday at 5pm that “Tropical Disturbance 06f has been upgraded to a Tropical Distubance TD06 however, Report no13 issued this morning confirms that it is moving further away from Samoa. Met Office Severe Weather Information Report No13 issued at […]
Faamatalaga o Uiga Loulouā o le Tau No11
07 February 2019, Apia Samoa. O se lipoti mai lea o uiga loulouā o le tau mai le Ofisa o Vaai Tau i le 5 i le taeao nei. FAAMATALAGA O UIGA LOULOUĀ O LE TAU NUMERA SEFULUTASI (11) MO TA’AVILIGA VAIVAI O SAVILI 06F. FA’AMAUINA E LE OFISA VA’AI-TAU I LE ITULA E 5:00 ILE […]
Alaoa Dam Project – EPC Wants to Hear From You
Cyclone Evan in December 2012 was the worst cyclone to hit Samoa in a generation. Over a number of days, winds of more than 200 km/hr and rampant flooding destroyed lives, homes, critical infrastructure, businesses, and many parts of our great natural environment. A second cyclone, Cyclone Gita, in February 2018, also caused widespread flooding […]
SPREP Joins to Greenify Pacific Games 2019
30 January 2019, Apia Samoa. The Pacific Games Office is happy to announce that the Director General for the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) act with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) as co-Directors of Environment Sustainability for the upcoming Pacific Games. “We are extremely excited to welcome the Director General […]
Samoa Acknowledges Development Assistance on Australia Day 2019
PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi acknowledges the various development assistance programs by Australia in his Australia Day address. “We are gathered here once again to celebrate Australia Day and to reflect on ways by which we can continue to build on and strengthen our bilateral relations that are underpinned by development and security programs and strong […]
200 KW Hydro Power Plant Opens in Palauli
PM Remarks We are gathered here today for the Commissioning Ceremony to mark the Completion of the construction and installation of the 200 Kilowatt Vailoa New Hydro Power Plant. This project is part of Government’s Strategic Plan to be 100% on renewable energy by year 2025 in order to reduce Samoa’s dependency on diesel fuel […]