MANILA, PHILIPPINES (4 June 2026) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $500,000 grant to the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to help expedite recovery from Typhoon Sinlaku, which struck the country during 9–12 April this year.“ADB extends its deepest condolences to the Federated States of Micronesia for the loss […]
Tag: Disaster Relief
Posted inPacific News
Five Marshall Islanders safe after nine-day drift
MAJURO, 04 MAY 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY)—Five Marshall Islanders who survived a nine-day open ocean drift are reported safe after their small boat floated into a remote atoll Thursday. The group, which reportedly includes an 11-year-old boy, left Majuro Atoll 21 April for Arno Atoll, about 15 miles to the east. It usually takes less than […]
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A’s Liam Hendriks helps fire victims back home in Australia
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — A world away, Liam Hendriks had to do something to help everyone affected by the ravaging fires back home in Australia. The Oakland Athletics reliever campaigned on social media to do his part for the cause, no matter he grew up on the country’s West Coast in Perth where the massive […]
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Firefighting plane crashes in Australia, killing 3 Americans
SYDNEY (AP) — Three Americans died Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in the Snowy Monaro region of Australia’s southern New South Wales state, officials said. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the deaths and crash in comments to reporters as Australia attempts to deal with an unprecedented […]