Increased Drug Trafficking Across the South Pacific A search of the Internet finds many current stories from media in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji about the escalating drug crisis in...

Normal Tropical Season Predicted Tropical Cyclones* have a significant impact across the Southwest Pacific, with the season starting in November and lasting through to April of the following year. For...

Australian Outlook In its tropical cyclone season long-range forecast for 2023 to 2024, Australia’s Bureau of Meterology (BOM) says the El Niño event in the tropical Pacific Ocean has influenced...

According to a senior research scientist at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), El Niños typically come about once every four years or so. “We’re due one,” NOAA’s...