A category five storm has hit the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the tiny US territory in the north-western Pacific Ocean. Winds of more than 250 km/h have been recorded.

A super typhoon is targeting several remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean, bringing heavy rain and tropical storm-force wind gusts to Guam just hours before its expected arrival.

Tropical Cyclone MAILA-26 has swept across parts of the Pacific, impacting the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea between April 4 and April 9, with authorities monitoring the situation closely as powerful winds batter vulnerable communities.

Recent international climate model updates suggest that a Super El Niño could form as early as 2026, heightening the risk of extreme weather events across many regions worldwide.

Severe tropical cyclones Maila and Vaianu have prompted alerts across the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea (PNG), and Fiji.

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck near the Russian Kuril Islands on Tuesday, according to Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations for Sakhalin Oblast.

The Solomon Islands has announced that 21 donor countries—including the United States, China, and Taiwan—will not be invited to the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum, the region’s most important political gathering. The decision, confirmed by Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, follows Beijing’s pressure to exclude Taiwan from the event.

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 was recorded near the Northern Kuril Islands in the Pacific Ocean, according to Interfax, citing the Sakhalin branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Global climate change poses a serious threat to many island nations situated in oceans and seas. Some of the most vulnerable islands are already experiencing devastating consequences, which scientists predict will only worsen in the coming decades. Islands with limited natural resources and infrastructure are suffering from a range of climate-related phenomena, including rising sea levels, stronger storms, and coastal erosion. Let’s take a closer look at the major threats affecting these islands and examine examples of territories that have already been impacted.