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Food shortage Vanuatu's main concern
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu is warning it faces imminent food shortages as accounts emerge of huge damage to a large outer island, days after one of the fiercest cyclones on record pummelled the Pacific archipelago.
Storm surge swamped Tuvalu
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
Funafuti – Tuvalu can expect Red Cross relief supplies this week to deal with damage after a storm surge caused by Cyclone Pam.
Vanuatu faces huge rebuild challenge
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – The death toll in Vanuatu from Cyclone Pam is officially 24 – but there are major fears for thousands of people on the archipelago’s southern islands which appear to have been totally devastated, according to aerial surveillance reports.
New Zealand's East Cape dodges cyclone's fury
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
GISBORNE – She came with all the warnings under the sun, but the monster Tropical Cyclone Pam that slammed Vanuatu fizzled out almost before she reached New Zealand’s shores.
Kiribati reports damage from big seas
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
TARAWA – The Kiribati government says it is receiving reports of severe damage on three of the nation’s southern islands following high winds and sea surges due to Cyclone Pam.
Food crops ruined by cyclone
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – A Vanuatu agriculture expert said the damage to staple food crops from Cyclone Pam throughout much of the country was very serious.
Remote islands prepare for tail end of Pam
Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Regional
CHATHAM ISLANDS – Winds are gusting to 110kmh and rain has been pouring on the Chatham Islands all night, as residents await ex-Cyclone Pam.
Urgent need for aid in wake of cyclone
Tuesday 17 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – The National Disaster Office in Vanuatu says the government had enough food supplies for evacuation centres in Port Vila to last the rest of the week, but international food assistance will be needed.
Tropical Cyclone Pam updates
Monday 16 March 2015 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – The Vanuatu Government has declared a State of Emergency in Shefa province and is expecting to announce a national state of emergency following the destruction of Cyclone Pam.
Tuvalu hard hit by cyclone
Monday 16 March 2015 | Published in Regional
TUVALU – The prime minister of Tuvalu says nearly half of the population has been displaced by Cyclone Pam.
Potentially worst storm in Pacific's history
Monday 16 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Cyclone Pam, possibly the worst cyclone in the Pacific’s history, slammed directly into the tiny South Pacific archipelago Vanuatu early Saturday, killing at least eight people and leaving thousands homeless, according to reports from aid organizations.
Cyclone Pam a deadly catastrophe
Monday 16 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – A category five storm has killed at least ten people in Vanuatu in one of the strongest-ever tropical cyclones to have hit the South Pacific.
High seas damage vital causeway
Saturday 14 March 2015 | Published in Regional
TARAWA – The Kiribati government says work is continuing around the clock to repair a vital causeway, but bad weather and high tides are hampering efforts.
Cyclone Pam lashes Vanuatu with direct hit as a category 5
Saturday 14 March 2015 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – The Washington Post reports that Tropical Cyclone Pam –
Cyclone Pam hits Vanuatu: Dozens feared dead
Saturday 14 March 2015 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – Cyclone Pam has made a direct hit on Vanuatu as a massive category 5 storm in what will surely be one of the worst disasters in the archipelago’s history, Fairfax New Zealand reports.
News reports from around the world covering Category Five Tropical Cyclone Pam
Saturday 14 March 2015 | Published in Regional
Dozens feared dead after cyclone hits Vanuatu VANUATU – A report from the BBC News Service says the death toll from a category five tropical storm that has hit islands in the South Pacific could run into the dozens, quoting the UN’s relief agency. Authorities had earlier issued a red alert to residents after the cyclone changed direction and began moving towards populated areas. It has already caused major damage on other Pacific islands, including Kiribati and the Solomon Islands. Tuvalu, a group of nine tiny islands north-east of Vanuatu, has also declared a state of emergency after the cyclone caused flash floods there. “The immediate concern is for a very high death toll but also an enormous amount of destruction and devastation,” Sune Gudnitz, regional director for the UNOCHA, told Reuters news agency from nearby Fiji, which is also expecting to be hit by Pam. There were unconfirmed reports that 44 people had died in Penama province in the north-east of Vanuatu, the UN agency said in a statement on Friday, according to Reuters.
Posts from Facebook
Saturday 14 March 2015 | Published in Regional
The Facebook page Humans of Vanuatu, which typically shares the everyday lives of Vanuatuans, has been providing updates on the cyclone.
Cyclone causes death and destruction
Saturday 14 March 2015 | Published in Regional
A large swathe of the Pacific is currently being thrashed by a category five super cyclone. There have been reports of as many as 44 deaths in Vanuatu where communication to outer islands has been lost after the eye of Cyclone Pam passed just 30km to the east of Port Vila on Friday local time.
'This is a monster storm'
Friday 13 March 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – Cyclone Pam has been upgraded to the strongest storm category possible as it batters New Zealand’s neighbours and heads south.
Cyclone Pam is category five
Friday 13 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Authorities in Vanuatu are preparing for potential evacuations and massive damage ahead of the arrival of a powerful cyclone which has been upgraded to category five.
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