The Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department (VMGD) has received an award for excellence in disaster response at this year’s New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPI) awards ceremony held in Wellington, New Zealand last month.
Paramount Chief Maseiman of Pango, South Efate, and his community took the initiative to launch a Tsunami Siren, Tsunami Information Boards and Tsunami Evacuation Signs located in their village on 1st May 2017as the culmination of activities commemorating the arrival of Christianity to the shores
Last year and this year saw the installation of tsunami warning systems around Port Vila and Luganville.