Red Alert

TC warning, red alert for Vanuatu’s TAFEA province

At 3pm (local time) category 4 TC Niran was located about 600km south southwest of Efate and 500km southwest of Tanna.

VMDG has advised that Red Alert is still inforce for TAFEA Province while All Clear is now given for SHEFA Province.

Severe TC Niran has been moving in an east southeasterly direction at 81km/hr (44Knots) in the past 3 hours.

According to VMDG, maximum sustained winds close to the centre are estimated at 185km/hr (100Knots).

Red Alert still in effect for Vanuatu's southern islands

Early this morning it was situated 160km south southeast of Aneityum and 250km south southeast of Tanna.

On its current path it could hit the same region devastated last March by Cyclone Pam which killed 11 people, left tens of thousands homeless and wiped out entire food crops.