Vanuatu Security Alerts — Official Sources

Source Coverage for Vanuatu

1 hazard-warning feed from this country's national weather agency, plus 1 foreign government feed.

Coverage grade: Standard. The feed from Vanuatu's own government is its national weather agency, via the WMO Alert Hub, and carries weather and hazard warnings only. Security and incident coverage for Vanuatu comes from foreign government feeds.

Host-government sources: 1
Foreign-government sources: 1
Total monitored sources for Vanuatu: 2

Sources monitored for Vanuatu

These are the 2 feeds the tracker reads for Vanuatu. Each one is named so you can check it at source.

UK FCDO travel advice: Vanuatu (TIER 1, another government's feed, security and incidents)
Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department (TIER 1, this country's own government, hazard warnings)

Source freshness for every feed is published on the coverage page. How items are classified is set out in the methodology.

Also serving this page

3 other sources published items shown on this page. They are not on the monitored list for Vanuatu above, so they are named here.

Canada Travel Advice
US State Dept Travel Advisories
USGS Earthquakes

Current Alerts — Vanuatu

8 active alerts. Last scan: 16 Sep 2026, 06:27 UTC.

[MONITOR] Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department: Marine strong wind warning is Cancelled. Southeast winds of 21/25 knots with rough to 2.5 meters. Low to moderate northeast and south southwest swells expected. 15 Sep 2026, 03:16 UTC Read at source
[MONITOR] Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department: Marine strong wind warning.. Southeast winds of 21/25 knots with rough to 2.5 meters. Low to moderate northeast and south southwest swells expected. 14 Sep 2026, 04:40 UTC Read at source
[MONITOR] Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department: Marine strong wind warning.. Southeast winds of 21/25 knots with rough to 2.5 meters. Low to moderate northeast and south southwest swells expected. 13 Sep 2026, 09:38 UTC Read at source
[MONITOR] USGS Earthquakes: M 5.2 - 43 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. Magnitude 5.2 earthquake at 135 km depth — 43 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu. Reported by the U.S. Geological Survey. International source, reporting on this country. 13 Sep 2026, 07:19 UTC Read at source
[MONITOR] Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department: Marine strong wind warning.. Southeast and south-southeast winds of 21/30 knots with rough to very rough seas of 2.5 to 3.0 meters over northern waters, while south-southeast winds of 21/25 knots… 12 Sep 2026, 05:18 UTC Read at source
[MONITOR] Canada Travel Advice: Vanuatu: Exercise normal security precautions. Editorial change — The Health section was updated - travel health information (Public Health Agency of Canada) International source, reporting on this country. 9 Sep 2026, 13:13 UTC Read at source
[MONITOR] UK FCDO travel advice: Vanuatu: Vanuatu travel advice. Updated information about global travel impacts due to escalation in the Middle East (‘Warnings and insurance’ page). Foreign government source: United Kingdom, reporting on this country. 19 Mar 2026, 14:02 UTC Read at source
[MONITOR] US State Dept Travel Advisories: Vanuatu - Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Updated to reflect lowering the Travel Advisory Level from Level 3 to Level 1 due to ongoing recovery efforts and removal of the Natural Disaster (N)… International source, reporting on this country. 22 May 2025, 00:00 UTC Read at source

Silence on this page is a record of what the monitored sources published. It is not a safety assessment for Vanuatu.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Sicuro Group monitor Vanuatu?

Yes. 1 hazard-warning feed from this country's national weather agency, plus 1 foreign government feed. Every feed read for Vanuatu is named on this page. The ones wired to Vanuatu carry their tier and what they cover.

Are there active alerts for Vanuatu right now?

As of 16 Sep 2026, 06:27 UTC, 8 alerts for Vanuatu are in the live brief, including 0 classified IMMEDIATE.

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Why do some alerts show no text?

Some items are listed by source, urgency and time, with a link to the original and no text of ours. That covers every commercial wire item, and any official item that quotes one. The tracker points at reporting rather than reproducing it. Other government and state-agency items carry a short factual line with the same link.

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