southwest Pacific

World Vision helping communities prepare for cyclone season

New Zealand's atmospheric science agency NIWA is predicting nine to 12 tropical cyclones in the Southwest Pacific basin by the end of April 2020.

Vanuatu is the region's most vulnerable country to cyclone.

World Vision's Vanuatu-based programme quality manager Chloe Morrison said the agency was working with villages to better prepare for and respond to disaster.

They were promoting a range of techniques to help protect livelihoods, including food security strategies.