Archive: February, 2016 | Tuvalu Odyssey

Reclamation relocates hotel inland

  • 7 February 2016
Reclamation relocates hotel inland

Apparently the Vaiaku Lagi Hotel (the only hotel on Funafuti Atoll) has moved inland. It's not the building that's moved, but land reclamation has pushed the shoreline out.

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New Year storm

  • 3 February 2016
New Year storm

Just before New Year, a strong storm went through Funafuti.  It looks like gale force winds caused damage to trees, branches and buildings, and a storm surge caused sea water to flood roads and houses,...

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