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Pacific Partners Return to Normal after Bracing for Tsunami Warning
Monday, March 1st, 2010Share UnitingWorld’s Partner Churches in the Pacific have returned to normal after bracing for a possible tsunami that was predicted to hit Pacific island nations during early Sunday morning. Emergency evacuations were carried out in response to regular warnings issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre, who indicated that a tsunami was generated by the earthquake that struck off the coast of... Read More »
Cook Islands and Tonga Battered by Cyclones
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Share Two of UnitingWorld’s Partner Churches, the Cook Islands Christian Church and the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga, have been affected by cyclones. Last Thursday a state of disaster was declared on the island of Aitutaki in the Cook Islands after it was struck by Tropical Cyclone Pat. The cyclone cut power and phone lines on the small resort island and ripped off roofs. Reports indicate in some... Read More »
UnitingWorld volunteer tells of Tonga Ferry disaster
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Share Margaret Tabor and her husband John Phelps, from Tasmania, are currently serving in Tonga through UnitingWorld Experience. Margaret is a nurse and happened to be visiting the island of Lifuka in Ha’apai, Tonga, when the Princess Ashika ferry sank nearby. The survivors were taken into Lifuka for medical care. The “hospital” there was destroyed by an earthquake a few years ago and so... Read More »
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