RELATED STORIES VANUATU'S PRESIDENT HAS TOLD THE BBC MANY OF HIS PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS AFTER THE MONSTER CYCLONE THAT RAVAGED THE PACIFIC ISLAND NATION ON SATURDAY.
Bangkok post aid effort stepped up after monster vanuatu cyclone 2 hrs ago...
SHE TOLD THE BBC A MAJOR BRIDGE CONNECTING PORT VILA TO THE EASTERN PART OF THE ISLAND LOOKED LIKE IT HAD "A HUGE BITE TAKEN OUT OF IT".
The BBC's Jon Donnison, in the capital Port Vila, says just about every house there has received some damage and the situation for many people is bleak...
HIGHER DEATH TOLL FEARED IN VANUATU IN WAKE OF TROPICAL CYCLONE PAM
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said Tropical Cyclone Pam started in the sea near the Solomon Islands before intensifying and tracking south to Vanuatu...
SPEAKER MARCELLINO PIPITE WAS CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION ON FRIDAY BUT USED HIS TEMPORARY PRESIDENTIAL POWERS TO ABSOLVE HIMSELF AND PARLIAMENTARY COLLEAGUES
While the president's away vanuatu speaker pardons himself and 13 mps...
A FORMER MELBOURNE BUILDER, IAN WALTER, ARRIVED AT AMBRYM'S AIRSTRIP ON TUESDAY WITH HIS OWN PERSONAL AID PACKAGE, INCLUDING SAWS AND BAGS OF RICE FOR THE VILLAGE OF WURO.
"Similar to Port Vila [Vanautu's capital], shanty-like villages were just totally decimated and blown away...
THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF ONE OF VANUATUA??S BIGGEST ISLANDS FACES STARVATION WITHIN DAYS, WITH ALL CROPS DESTROYED BY CYCLONE PAM, UNICEF OFFICIALS WARNED TONIGHT.
In the capital, Port Vila, almost every building has been destroyed or damaged...
FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE NEW HEBRIDES, VANUATU IS A SPRAWLING CLUSTER OF 83 ISLANDS AND 260,000 PEOPLE, 2,000 KM 1,250 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE AUSTRALIAN CITY OF BRISBANE.
Relief teams report devastation, death after Vanuatu cyclone...
CYCLONE PAM EXTRA TEAM OF 70 TAKES AUSTRALIAN RESCUE STAFF TO 123 IN VANUATU
There are believed to be 3,000 Australians in Vanuatu, more than 1,400 of whom have registered with the Australian government through Smartraveller, the government's travel advisory service...