Vanuatu is now in the dry season, which lasts from May through October every year. Vanuatu has two seasons – the dry season and the wet season that lasts from November through April the following year.
Ms Moirah Yerta, assistant seasonal forecaster at the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department (VMGD), explains that the dry season is part of the normal dry season of the country.
“This is when we can also experience bushfires because the place is dry,” she adds saying that during such situations, the VMGD issues periodical warnings to the people through the department’s monthly updates urging them to be careful when lighting fires.
Philip Mansale, a former VMGD officer, now a climatologist with the Pacific Regional Environmental Program (SPREP), explains that the dry season is not a drought because drought refers to El Nino.
“It is a time when we can experience water shortages, and people should be careful about how they use water,” he adds.
Mr. Mansale says the dry season is also a time that people should take care of their health due to increased cold and dust in the air at this time of the year due to the dry weather condition.
According to the VMGD, Vanuatu has just moved out of the La Nina period and is now in the neutral phase with the El Nino.
Further information can be accessed from the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department website on www.vmgd@vanuatu.gov.
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