A triple disaster event series in Vanuatu: Cascading and compounding impacts of climate change
This submission contains supplementary content for the case study submitted by the Government of Vanuatu. Vanuatu declared a six-month state of emergency on 5 March after Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin―both category 4 intensity―made landfall in short and devastating succession on 1 and 3 March, causing severe infrastructure destruction across the islands of Vanuatu. 80% of the population (251,000 people) was affected by the two cyclones, leaving many without food, power, shelter, and telecommunications in the days following. On 3 March, an earthquake of 6.6 magnitudes was detected off the island of Espiritu Santo, followed by an aftershock with a magnitude of 5.4, both striking as cyclone Kevin raged.