8 APRIL 2014
The Vanuatu government will now be able to plan better for future impacts of climate change and natural disasters by using new technology which can model sea level rises.
The Department of Meteorology and Geo-hazards says coastal flooding predicted for Vanuatu in the new data could reach catastrophic levels in the next 90 years.
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Source: Radio New Zealand International