Editing Vanuatu (section)

===Climate===
{{See also|Climate change in the Pacific Islands}}
The climate is tropical, with about nine months of warm to hot rainy weather and the possibility of cyclones and three to four months of cooler, drier weather characterised by winds from the southeast. The water temperature ranges from {{convert|22|C}} in winter to {{convert|28|C}} in the summer. Cool between April and September, the days become hotter and more humid starting in October. The daily temperature ranges from {{convert|20|–|32|C}}. Southeasterly [[trade winds]] occur from May to October.<ref name="pc">{{cite web |url=http://www.peacecorps.gov/welcomebooks/vuwb461.pdf |title=The Peace Corps Welcomes You to Vanuatu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910005909/http://www.peacecorps.gov/welcomebooks/vuwb461.pdf |archive-date=10 September 2008 |publisher=[[Peace Corps]] |date=May 2007}}<br />This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.</ref>

Vanuatu has a long rainy season, with significant rainfall almost every month. The wettest and hottest months are December through April, which also constitutes the cyclone season. The driest months are June through November.<ref name=pc/> Rainfall averages about {{convert|2360|mm|in}} per year but can be as high as {{convert|4000|mm|in}} in the northern islands.<ref name="SOPAC"/> According to the WorldRiskIndex 2021, Vanuatu ranks first among the countries with the highest disaster risk worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=WorldRiskReport 2021 |url=https://weltrisikobericht.de/weltrisikobericht-2021-e/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901080225/https://weltrisikobericht.de/weltrisikobericht-2021-e/ |archive-date=1 September 2022 |date=19 January 2022 |publisher=Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft / IFHV}}</ref>

====Tropical cyclones====
[[File:Вулкан Аоба.(Вануату).jpg|thumb|[[Manaro Voui]], the volcano on the island of [[Ambae]]]]

In March 2015, [[Cyclone Pam]] impacted much of Vanuatu as a Category&nbsp;5 severe tropical cyclone, causing deaths and extensive damage to all the islands. {{as of|2015|March|17}} the United Nations said the official death toll was 11 (six from [[Efate]] and five from [[Tanna (island)|Tanna]]), and 30&nbsp;were reported injured; these numbers were expected to rise as more remote islands reported back.<ref>{{cite web |first=Stephen |last=Coates |work=Reuters |date=17 March 2015 |access-date=18 March 2015 |title=Rescue teams reach cyclone-hit Vanuatu islands, official toll lowered |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-weather-vanuatu-cyclone-idUSKBN0MC1ZY20150317 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317231913/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/17/us-weather-vanuatu-cyclone-idUSKBN0MC1ZY20150317 |archive-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cyclone devastates South Pacific islands of Vanuatu |url=http://bbc.com/news/world-asia-31883712 |date=14 March 2015 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=14 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314193923/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31883712 |archive-date=14 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Vanuatu lands minister [[Ralph Regenvanu]] said, "This is the worst disaster to affect Vanuatu ever as far as we know."<ref name=guardian-worst>{{cite web |author=Joshua Robertson |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=15 March 2015 |access-date=18 March 2015 |title=Cyclone Pam: Vanuatu awaits first wave of relief and news from worst-hit islands |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/15/cyclone-pam-death-toll-may-reach-50-in-port-vila-alone-as-full-impact-still-unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108064001/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/15/cyclone-pam-death-toll-may-reach-50-in-port-vila-alone-as-full-impact-still-unknown |archive-date=8 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April 2020, [[Cyclone Harold]] travelled through the Espiritu Santo town of Luganville, causing great material damage there and on at least four islands.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ives|first=Mike|date=7 April 2020|title=Powerful Cyclone Rips Through Vanuatu, Cutting Communications|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/world/australia/cyclone-harold-vanuatu.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407092859/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/world/australia/cyclone-harold-vanuatu.html |archive-date=2020-04-07 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=10 August 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>