Cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu appeals for help

Vanuatu’s President Baldwin Lonsdale has called for international help after Cyclone Pam ripped through the Pacific archipelago. Aid agencies say the category 5 storm has caused “complete devastation”
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VANUATU
NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA
FIJI
SOLOMON ISLANDS
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
New Caledonia (FRA)

1000km
62 miles
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VANUATU (Formerly known as New Hebrides)
Area: 12,190 sq km
Population: 260,000
GDP: $828m. One of world’s poorest nations
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President Baldwin Lonsdale
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TORRES ISLANDS

CORAL SEA

BANKS ISLANDS

SHEPHERD ISLANDS

Aneityum Island

Efate Island

Espiritu Santo

Luganville

SHEPHERD ISLANDS

Efate Island

Port Vila: Around 90% of houses destroyed or severely damaged.
Population: 47,000

Cyclone path
Very destructive winds
Destructive winds

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Eleven people killed. Death toll expected to rise

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
Mar 12, 02:00 (Mar 11, 15:00GMT)

INTERNATIONAL AID
Australia
Britain
New Zealand
$3.8m
$2.95m
$1.8m

Military planes from Australia, New Zealand and France providing basic aid

Mar 13, 20:00

Erromango Island

Tanna Island: “Utter devastation” with most homes destroyed Population: 29,000

Mar 14, 19:00 (Mar 14, 08:00)

Aneityum Island
















Sources: UNOCHA, World Bank, UN
Picture: Getty Images


100km
62 miles