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Vanuatu leader says 'monster' cyclone has 'wiped out' development on South Pacific island
2015-03-15 22:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Vanuatu's president said the cyclone that hammered the tiny South Pacific archipelago was a "monster" that has destroyed or damaged 90 percent of the buildings in the capital Port Vila and has forced the nation to start anew. Looking weary and red-eyed, Baldwin Lonsdale said in an interview Monday with The Associated Press that the latest information he has is that six people are confirmed dead and 30 injured from Cyclone Pam. He appealed for international aid for a place he calls "paradise."...
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First aid reaches Vanuatu islands ravaged Cyclone Pam
2015-03-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Aid is beginning to arrive in Vanuatu after the Pacific island nation was hit by a cyclone which President Baldwin Lonsdale described as a "monster". Air force planes arrived with supplies from Australia and New Zealand, and other countries have pledged to help. Aerial images of the capital Port Vila show many houses completely flattened. A communications blackout means little is known about conditions beyond the capital but a pilot saw similar devastation in outlying islands. His voice...
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First aid teams reach Vanuatu islands after devastating cyclone
2015-03-15 14:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The first aid teams to reach Vanuatu reported widespread devastation on Sunday as authorities declared a state of emergency after a monster cyclone tore through the Pacific island nation. With winds of more than 185 mph, Cyclone Pam razed homes, smashed boats and washed away roads and bridges as it struck late on Friday and into Saturday. Aid workers described the situation as catastrophic. The count of confirmed deaths was at eight with 30 people injured. But those numbers were almost certain...
First aid teams reach Vanuatu find widespread devastation after cyclone
2015-03-15 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The first aid teams to reach Vanuatu reported widespread devastation on Sunday as authorities declared a state of emergency after a "monster" cyclone tore through the Pacific island nation. With winds of more than 300 kph (185 mph), Cyclone Pam razed homes, smashed boats and washed away roads and bridges as it struck late on Friday and into Saturday. Aid workers described the situation as catastrophic. The count of confirmed deaths was at eight with 30 people injured. But those numbers were...
President cyclone-hit Vanuatu urges global action on disasters
2015-03-15 11:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Governments meeting in Japan to adopt a new global plan to reduce the risk of disasters should heed the devastation caused by a fierce cyclone in the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu and take practical action, the country's president said. "The reality of what is happening now is in Vanuatu," President Baldwin Lonsdale told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview on Sunday in the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai, where the U.N. conference is taking place. "We don't have to depend...
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