Tourists on Mount Yasur (Vanuatu)

TANNA, VANUATU - DECEMBER 02: Tourists walk to visit Mount Yasur volcano, the main tourist attraction on the island, on December 02, 2019 in Tanna, Vanuatu. Tanna was hard hit by Cyclone Pam in 2015, a category 5 storm, which impacted tourism, a mainstay of Vanuatu's economy. 25 percent of Vanuatu’s 276,000 citizens lost their homes in 2015 when Cyclone Pam, a category 5 storm, devastated the South Pacific archipelago of 83 islands while wiping out two-thirds of its GDP. Scientists have forecast that the strength of South Pacific cyclones will increase because of global warming. Satellite data show sea level has risen about 6mm per year around Vanuatu since 1993, a rate nearly twice the global average, while temperatures have been increasing since 1950. Vanuatu’s government is…