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#vanuatu<\/a> 4\/5<\/p>— Australian Red Cross (@RedCrossAU) <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//RedCrossAU//status//577317262463537153/">March 16, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////platform.twitter.com//widgets.js/" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\t<p>With the official number of eight dead and 20 injured looking certain to rise, Vanuatu is appealing for help.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>“People haven’t still come through yet. Still got weariness. Have emotional feelings. But it will take time before they can lift up. The people of the Republic of Vanuatu they need humanitarian assistance at the moment,” said the President of Vanuatu, Baldwin Lonsdale.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>Cyclone Pam is set to be one of the Pacific’s worst ever natural disasters.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>It has been compared in strength to Typhoon Haiyan that ravaged the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>The capital Port Vila with its population of 29,000 bore the brunt of the category 5 storm. Up to three-quarters of the town’s houses are said to have been destroyed or badly damaged.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>Aid agencies estimate that around half of Vanuatu’s population may have been affected.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>Military flights from Australia and New Zealand have been bringing in emergency supplies for an estimated 10,000 made homeless on the main island.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>Commercial flights were due to resume, carrying more aid and taking tourists home.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>At the airport, some expressed their shock at what they had experienced.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>“Devastation. This beautiful five star resort… just rubble,” said one young couple.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>“The people of Vanuatu, it’s decimated,” added one woman in tears.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>With homes destroyed and widespread flooding, there are fears of diseases such as dengue fever and malaria.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>The World Bank is exploring a swift insurance payout; the <span class=\"caps\">IMF<\/span> has pledged funds and assistance.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>Australia promised A$5 million (US$3.8 million, 3.6 million euros) in aid and New Zealand NZ$2.5 million (US$1.8 million, 1.74 million euros). <\/p>\n\n\t<p>Britain, which jointly ruled Vanuatu with France until independence in 1980, has offered up to \u00a32 million (US$2.95 million, 2.8 million euros) in assistance. France has also <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.diplomatie.gouv.fr//fr//dossiers-pays//vanuatu//la-france-et-le-vanuatu//evenements-21172//article//vanuatu-mobilisation-de-la-france/">sent experts in disaster relief and mobilised the military<\/a> to help Vanuatu.<\/p>","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1426503003,"publishedAt":1426503003,"updatedAt":1426503003,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2015\/03\/16\/vanuatu-appeals-for-aid-after-cyclone-pam-destruction","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/302235\/{{w}}x{{h}}_302235.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1200,"height":675}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"sandford","title":"Alasdair Sandford","twitter":"@SandforAlasdair"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":144,"slug":"hurricanes","urlSafeValue":"hurricanes","title":"Hurricanes","titleRaw":"Hurricanes"},{"id":9229,"slug":"humanitarian-aid","urlSafeValue":"humanitarian-aid","title":"Humanitarian aid","titleRaw":"Humanitarian aid"},{"id":10779,"slug":"natural-catastrophe","urlSafeValue":"natural-catastrophe","title":"Natural catastrophe","titleRaw":"Natural catastrophe"},{"id":10787,"slug":"cyclone","urlSafeValue":"cyclone","title":"Cyclone","titleRaw":"Cyclone"}],"related":[{"id":302161},{"id":302220}],"technicalTags":[],"widgets":[],"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":{"quotation":null,"description":null,"author":null},"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":null,"contentType":null,"displayOverlay":0},"displayType":"default","video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":{"dailymotionId":"x2jnunp"},"liveStream":[],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"Reuters","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":0,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":391,"urlSafeValue":"oceania","title":"Oceania"},"country":{"id":296,"urlSafeValue":"vanuatu","title":"Vanuatu","url":"\/news\/oceania\/vanuatu"},"town":[],"versions":[],"path":"\/2015\/03\/16\/vanuatu-appeals-for-aid-after-cyclone-pam-destruction","lastModified":1426503003},{"id":302220,"cid":2465886,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":"150316_NWSU_040A0","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"grapeshot":"'gv_death_injury','neg_mobkoi_castrol','castrol_negative_uk','neg_facebook_2021','neg_facebook_q4','gt_negative','gs_travel_air','gs_science','neg_facebook','neg_nespresso','gs_travel','neg_bucherer','neg_mobkoi_feb2021','neg_citi_campaign','pos_equinor','gs_politics','gs_politics_misc'","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"'We will have to begin again' says Vanuatu president after 'monster' cyclone","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"An international relief effort is underway to help survivors of Friday night\u2019s \u2018monster\u2019 cyclone which tore through the Pacific Island nation of","summary":"An international relief effort is underway to help survivors of Friday night\u2019s \u2018monster\u2019 cyclone which tore through the Pacific Island nation of","keySentence":null,"url":"we-will-have-to-begin-again-says-vanuatu-president-after-monster-cyclone","masterCms":"v1","plainText":"An international relief effort is underway to help survivors of Friday night\u2019s \u2018monster\u2019 cyclone which tore through the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu.\n\n Australian and New Zealand military planes are leading the way loaded with water, medicines and temporary shelters.\n\n The southern island of Tanna, about 200km south of the capital, Port Vila with its 29,000 inhabitants, took the full force of the category 5 storm. Early reports say it has been devastated.\n\n Speaking in Japan where he had been attending a disaster conference, President Baldwin Lonsdale said that after cyclone Pam his country will have to start again. \n\n \u201cThere is a breakdown of communications, we cannot reach our families and we do not know whether our families are safe or not. And as the leader of the nation, my whole heart is with the whole people of the nation.\u201d\n\n He also said he had not been able to confirm that his own family was safe.\n\n Residents have begun trying to salvage what is left of their homes after winds of up to 300 kilometres per hour destroyed just about everything. \n\n At least eight people are confirmed to have died but the death toll is expected to rise as rescuers reach the more remote islands.\n\n As tourists try to get on the first commercial flights out of the popular holiday paradise aid workers are beginning to arrive. \n\n One said the storm was comparable in strength to Typhoon Haiyan which hit the Philippines in 2013 and killed more than 6,000 people.\n\n #CyclonePam: \"Entire communities blown away\u2026\" UNOCHA<\/a> on relief ops scaling up for Vanuatu <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////t.co//1EKyLzTvzr/">http:////t.co//1EKyLzTvzr <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////t.co//aHNi0pLTO5/">pic.twitter.com//aHNi0pLTO5— United Nations (UN) March 15, 2015","htmlText":"\t<p>An international relief effort is underway to help survivors of Friday night’s ‘monster’ cyclone which tore through the Pacific Island nation of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.worldatlas.com//webimage//countrys//oceania//vu.htm/">Vanuatu./n/n/t
Australian and New Zealand military planes are leading the way loaded with water, medicines and temporary shelters.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>The southern island of Tanna, about 200km south of the capital, Port Vila with its 29,000 inhabitants, took the full force of the category 5 storm. Early reports say it has been devastated.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>Speaking in Japan where he had been attending a disaster conference, President Baldwin Lonsdale said that after cyclone Pam his country will have to start again. <\/p>\n\n\t<p>“There is a breakdown of communications, we cannot reach our families and we do not know whether our families are safe or not. And as the leader of the nation, my whole heart is with the whole people of the nation.”<\/p>\n\n\t<p>He also said he had not been able to confirm that his own family was safe.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>Residents have begun trying to salvage what is left of their homes after winds of up to 300 kilometres per hour destroyed just about everything. <\/p>\n\n\t<p>At least eight people are confirmed to have died but the death toll is expected to rise as rescuers reach the more remote islands.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>As tourists try to get on the first commercial flights out of the popular holiday paradise aid workers are beginning to arrive. <\/p>\n\n\t<p>One said the storm was comparable in strength to Typhoon Haiyan which hit the Philippines in 2013 and killed more than 6,000 people.<\/p>\n\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en data-scribe-reduced-action-queue=\"><p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//hashtag//CyclonePam?src=hash\%22>#CyclonePam<\/a>: "Entire communities blown away…" <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//UNOCHA/">UNOCHA<//a> on relief ops scaling up for Vanuatu <a href=https://www.euronews.com/news/oceania/"http:////t.co//1EKyLzTvzr">http:////t.co//1EKyLzTvzr<//a> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/news/oceania/"http:////t.co//aHNi0pLTO5">pic.twitter.com//aHNi0pLTO5<//a><//p>&mdash; United Nations (<\/code>UN) <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//UN//status//577229091449008128/">March 15, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////platform.twitter.com//widgets.js/" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1426480623,"publishedAt":1426480623,"updatedAt":1426480623,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2015\/03\/16\/we-will-have-to-begin-again-says-vanuatu-president-after-monster-cyclone","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/302220\/{{w}}x{{h}}_302220.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1200,"height":675}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":144,"slug":"hurricanes","urlSafeValue":"hurricanes","title":"Hurricanes","titleRaw":"Hurricanes"},{"id":10779,"slug":"natural-catastrophe","urlSafeValue":"natural-catastrophe","title":"Natural catastrophe","titleRaw":"Natural catastrophe"},{"id":10787,"slug":"cyclone","urlSafeValue":"cyclone","title":"Cyclone","titleRaw":"Cyclone"}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"widgets":[],"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":{"quotation":null,"description":null,"author":null},"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":null,"contentType":null,"displayOverlay":0},"displayType":"default","video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":{"dailymotionId":"x2jneif"},"liveStream":[],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":0,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":391,"urlSafeValue":"oceania","title":"Oceania"},"country":{"id":296,"urlSafeValue":"vanuatu","title":"Vanuatu","url":"\/news\/oceania\/vanuatu"},"town":[],"versions":[],"path":"\/2015\/03\/16\/we-will-have-to-begin-again-says-vanuatu-president-after-monster-cyclone","lastModified":1426480623},{"id":302194,"cid":2465630,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":"150315_NWSU_110C0","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"grapeshot":"'gt_negative','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gt_negative_fear','neg_facebook_2021','gv_death_injury','neg_facebook_q4','neg_facebook','gs_science','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','gt_negative_dislike','neg_bucherer','neg_saudiaramco'","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Vanuatu: Aid teams start arriving after 'monster' cyclone","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Aid teams have started arriving in cyclone-hit Vanuatu, as the scale of the disaster begins to unfold. The Pacific island paradise is now a scene","summary":"Aid teams have started arriving in cyclone-hit Vanuatu, as the scale of the disaster begins to unfold. The Pacific island paradise is now a scene","keySentence":"It just destroyed our buildings. I have never seen such a cyclone like this before.","url":"vanuatu-aid-teams-start-arriving-after-monster-cyclone","masterCms":"v1","plainText":"Aid teams have started arriving in cyclone-hit Vanuatu, as the scale of the disaster begins to unfold. \n\n The Pacific island paradise is now a scene of devastation, after being hit by Cyclone Pam. \n\n Fuelled by winds of more than 300 kilometres per hour, the storm destroyed everything in its path when it hit on Friday and into Saturday. \n\n One resident, in the capital Port Vila, said her children were terrified.\n\n \u201cThey (children) were really scary (scared). They cried and I cried also, but I just have to be strong for them. We are all alive, we survived here,\u201d she said.\n\n Another Port Vila resident added: \u201cIt just destroyed our buildings. I (have) never seen such a cyclone like this before.\u201d\n\n Eight people are confirmed dead, but that number is expected to rise as the scale of this disaster \u2013 spread across 83 islands \u2013 unfolds. \n\n Vanuatu\u2019s president, who was away at a disaster risk conference in Japan, has likened the storm to a \u201cmonster.\u201d\n\n For the aid workers and rescue teams, the task ahead is huge. With so many islands to cover, it is clear that it will be some time yet before everyone can be reached.","htmlText":"\t<p>Aid teams have started arriving in cyclone-hit Vanuatu, as the scale of the disaster begins to unfold. <\/p>\n\n\t<p>The Pacific island paradise is now a scene of devastation, after being hit by Cyclone Pam. <\/p>\n\n\t<p>Fuelled by winds of more than 300 kilometres per hour, the storm destroyed everything in its path when it hit on Friday and into Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\t<p>One resident, in the capital Port Vila, said her children were terrified.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>“They (children) were really scary (scared). They cried and I cried also, but I just have to be strong for them. We are all alive, we survived here,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>Another Port Vila resident added: “It just destroyed our buildings. I (have) never seen such a cyclone like this before.”<\/p>\n\n\t<p>Eight people are confirmed dead, but that number is expected to rise as the scale of this disaster – spread across 83 islands – unfolds. <\/p>\n\n\t<p>Vanuatu’s president, who was away at a disaster risk conference in Japan, has likened the storm to a “monster.”<\/p>\n\n\t<p>For the aid workers and rescue teams, the task ahead is huge. With so many islands to cover, it is clear that it will be some time yet before everyone can be reached.<\/p>","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1426418826,"publishedAt":1426418826,"updatedAt":1426418826,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2015\/03\/15\/vanuatu-aid-teams-start-arriving-after-monster-cyclone","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/302194\/{{w}}x{{h}}_302194.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1200,"height":675}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":144,"slug":"hurricanes","urlSafeValue":"hurricanes","title":"Hurricanes","titleRaw":"Hurricanes"},{"id":10779,"slug":"natural-catastrophe","urlSafeValue":"natural-catastrophe","title":"Natural catastrophe","titleRaw":"Natural catastrophe"},{"id":10787,"slug":"cyclone","urlSafeValue":"cyclone","title":"Cyclone","titleRaw":"Cyclone"}],"related":[{"id":302169}],"technicalTags":[],"widgets":[],"allViews":1,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":{"quotation":"It just destroyed our buildings. 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The first aid","summary":"Vanuatu has been counting the cost of Cyclone Pam, which has wrecked the tiny Pacific nation and taken an unknown number of lives. The first aid","keySentence":null,"url":"tiny-pacific-vanuatu-cleans-up-after-devastating-cyclone-pam","masterCms":"v1","plainText":"Vanuatu has been counting the cost of Cyclone Pam, which has wrecked the tiny Pacific nation and taken an unknown number of lives.\n\n The first aid shipments have left for the island, which reported being hit by winds of more than 185 MPH.\n\n At least eight people have been killed but with 83 far-flung islands to check the death toll could be higher once everyone is accounted for.\n\n The destruction is tremendous, with homes smashed and infrastructure torn apart. Boats have been flung far from water, and crops have been uprooted. Flash floods and a tidal surge combined to make many homeless.\n\n The president was out of the country at the time, ironically at a disaster risk conference. He is now trying to return, but the main airport has only just reopened for humanitarian flights only. Thousands of people have been made homeless, and the challenges facing the island to rebuild are huge.\n\n \u201cI cannot imagine how long it\u2019s going to take to work in Port Vila alone, so we\u2019re talking months to maybe a year, maybe even longer, to be able to get, to help this country recover and to help the people of Vanuatu to recover from this devastating event,\u201d said CARE International Programme Manager Charlie Damon.\n\n New Zealand was the first nation to send aid. Britain has already promised financial aid and the UN and Red Cross have sent teams, but for one of the world\u2019s poorest countries Cyclone Pam has been a disaster.","htmlText":"\t<p>Vanuatu has been counting the cost of Cyclone Pam, which has wrecked the tiny Pacific nation and taken an unknown number of lives.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>The first aid shipments have left for the island, which reported being hit by winds of more than 185 <span class=\"caps\">MPH<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>At least eight people have been killed but with 83 far-flung islands to check the death toll could be higher once everyone is accounted for.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>The destruction is tremendous, with homes smashed and infrastructure torn apart. Boats have been flung far from water, and crops have been uprooted. Flash floods and a tidal surge combined to make many homeless.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>The president was out of the country at the time, ironically at a disaster risk conference. He is now trying to return, but the main airport has only just reopened for humanitarian flights only. Thousands of people have been made homeless, and the challenges facing the island to rebuild are huge.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>“I cannot imagine how long it’s going to take to work in Port Vila alone, so we’re talking months to maybe a year, maybe even longer, to be able to get, to help this country recover and to help the people of Vanuatu to recover from this devastating event,” said <span class=\"caps\">CARE<\/span> International Programme Manager Charlie Damon.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>New Zealand was the first nation to send aid. 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You know, buildings have lost roofs, the buildings have either fallen over or have problems with structural integrity. Power lines down, trees and debris are all across the roads,\u201d explained Clements.\n\n \u201cWe had to walk wherever we went because the roads, cars couldn\u2019t get more than 50 metres without having a tree or power lines in the way. And this of course is hampering the assessment of anywhere beyond the capital city really, to understand the scale and the impact of this storm,\u201d she continued. \n\n \u201cI had the luxury of being in a very strong hotel, even then I had the door ripped off and ended up under the bathroom sink for the night. And there are far too many people who simply didn\u2019t have adequate shelter for this storm. So we are very concerned about their wellbeing.\u201d\n\n Jayleen, 21, sheltered a 1-week-old baby from #CyclonePam. \u201cThe roof blew off and the rain was pouring inside\" #TCPam pic.twitter.com\/AMVh5TqtB3\u2014 UNICEF Australia (@unicefaustralia) March 14, 2015","htmlText":"\t<p>Alice Clements, who works for the aid organisation <span class=\"caps\">UNICEF<\/span> in the Vanuatu capital Port Vila, has told euronews that Cyclone Pam is the worst storm to hit the South Pacific. <\/p>\n\n\t<p>“We ventured out this morning to have a look around and really it was a scene of pretty much complete destruction. You know, buildings have lost roofs, the buildings have either fallen over or have problems with structural integrity. Power lines down, trees and debris are all across the roads,” explained Clements.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>“We had to walk wherever we went because the roads, cars couldn’t get more than 50 metres without having a tree or power lines in the way. And this of course is hampering the assessment of anywhere beyond the capital city really, to understand the scale and the impact of this storm,” she continued. <\/p>\n\n\t<p>“I had the luxury of being in a very strong hotel, even then I had the door ripped off and ended up under the bathroom sink for the night. And there are far too many people who simply didn’t have adequate shelter for this storm. So we are very concerned about their wellbeing.”<\/p>\n\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en-gb\" align=\"center\"><p>Jayleen, 21, sheltered a 1-week-old baby from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//hashtag//CyclonePam?src=hash\%22>#CyclonePam<\/a>. \u201cThe roof blew off and the rain was pouring inside" <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//hashtag//TCPam?src=hash\%22>#TCPam<\/a> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////t.co//AMVh5TqtB3/">pic.twitter.com//AMVh5TqtB3— <span class=\"caps\">UNICEF<\/span> Australia (@unicefaustralia) <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//unicefaustralia//status//576657867056357376/">March 14, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////platform.twitter.com//widgets.js/" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n <iframe width=\"606\" height=\"341\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//Rm8BXiiM9iU/" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1426333082,"publishedAt":1426333082,"updatedAt":1426333082,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2015\/03\/14\/cyclone-pam-vanuatu-scene-of-complete-destruction-aid-worker-tells-euronews","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/302169\/{{w}}x{{h}}_302169.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1200,"height":675}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":144,"slug":"hurricanes","urlSafeValue":"hurricanes","title":"Hurricanes","titleRaw":"Hurricanes"},{"id":301,"slug":"weather","urlSafeValue":"weather","title":"Weather","titleRaw":"Weather"},{"id":10787,"slug":"cyclone","urlSafeValue":"cyclone","title":"Cyclone","titleRaw":"Cyclone"}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"widgets":[],"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":{"quotation":null,"description":null,"author":null},"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":null,"contentType":null,"displayOverlay":0},"displayType":"default","video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":{"dailymotionId":"x2ji33f"},"liveStream":[],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":0,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":391,"urlSafeValue":"oceania","title":"Oceania"},"country":{"id":296,"urlSafeValue":"vanuatu","title":"Vanuatu","url":"\/news\/oceania\/vanuatu"},"town":[],"versions":[],"path":"\/2015\/03\/14\/cyclone-pam-vanuatu-scene-of-complete-destruction-aid-worker-tells-euronews","lastModified":1426333082},{"id":302168,"cid":2465273,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":"150314_NWSU_120A0","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"grapeshot":"'gt_negative','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','neg_facebook_q4','neg_facebook_2021','gv_death_injury','gs_science','neg_saudiaramco','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','gt_negative_fear','neg_bucherer','gs_society','gt_negative_sadness','gs_tech_social','neg_facebook','gs_society_charity','gs_science_environ'","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Powerful Pacific cyclone devastates Vanuatu","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"One of the Pacific Ocean\u2019s most powerful storms ever has ripped through Vanuatu. 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Most live in homes like this: <a href=https://www.euronews.com/news/oceania/"http:////t.co//VKwlpf0yQk">pic.twitter.com//VKwlpf0yQk<//a>...<//p>&mdash; WVUS Media Center (<\/code>WorldVisionNews) <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//WorldVisionNews//status//576379336971935744/">March 13, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////platform.twitter.com//widgets.js/" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\t<p>Cyclone Pam, which hit on Friday night, packed winds of up to 340 kilometres per hour.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>It has left Vanuatu cut off and facing a looming threat of hunger.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>The United Nations was preparing a major relief operation and Australia said it was ready to offer its neighbour whatever help it can.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>Aid agencies said it is a disaster that needs an international response. <\/p>\n\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en-gb\" align=\"center\"><p>"It's like a bomb has gone off in the centre of the town," our colleague says. 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