Cyclone Pam

Residents in storm wrecked areas of Micronesia appealed for help today as a cleanup began on the worst affected islands after Super Typhoon Maysak swept through the region on its way towards the Philippines.

The monster cyclone that hit Vanuatu earlier this month wiped out more than 90 percent of the archipelago's crops, putting its people at risk of a secondary emergency and long-term food insecurity, the United Nations warned today.

The death toll from Vanuatu's devastating cyclone was revised down to 11 today, according to the United Nations which also said contributions to the South Pacific nation's recovery have topped US$10 million.

Celine Jimmy prayed three times before running out of a clubhouse into the darkness to a family home as Cyclone Pam roared through her village in Vanuatu, her four children close by her side.

More than half of the South Pacific island nation Vanuatu's population has been affected by Cyclone Pam, the UN said today as the death toll rose to 16.

Nearly 400 people left homeless by a cyclone that battered the tiny Pacific nation of Vanuatu said today they are not getting enough emergency aid a week on from the monster storm.

The death toll from the devastating storm that pummelled Vanuatu last weekend will not rise significantly, the prime minister of the South Pacific island nation said today.

Northeastern Australia was battening down today in preparation for a strong cyclone forecast to hit coastal areas north of the city of Cairns, one of the gateways for the Great Barrier Reef.

Aid groups and survivors of one of the world's most powerful storms on record are hoping that early warnings, concrete-walled homes, cave refuges and a healthy respect for the sea have saved the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu from a huge death toll.

Residents of the southern Vanuatu island of Tanna said they were running out of food and basic supplies today, after a huge cyclone tore across the South Pacific nation wreaking widespread devastation but not the heavy death toll initially feared.

A cyclone in the Coral Sea is forecast to intensify before slamming into Australia's northeast coast later this week, less than a month after the area was pummelled by one the most powerful cyclones on record to hit Australia, the national weather forecaster said today.

Vanuatu could soon start running out of food, the president's office warned today, after Cyclone Pam roared through the Pacific nation leaving at least 24 dead, as a massive clean-up got under way in the capital.

Twenty-four people have been killed in Vanuatu by Cyclone Pam which tore through the Pacific nation packing winds of up to 320 kilometres (200 miles), the UN said Tuesday.

Aid agencies today described conditions in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu as among the most challenging they have ever faced, as the Pacific nation's president blamed climate change for worsening the devastation.

Vanuatu's President Baldwin Lonsdale said Monday climate change was a key factor in the devastation wrought on the Pacific nation by Super Cyclone Pam, which left six dead and 30 injured in the capital Port Vila alone.

Residents in storm wrecked areas of Micronesia appealed for help today as a cleanup began on the worst affected islands after Super Typhoon Maysak swept through the region on its way towards the Philippines.

The monster cyclone that hit Vanuatu earlier this month wiped out more than 90 percent of the archipelago's crops, putting its people at risk of a secondary emergency and long-term food insecurity, the United Nations warned today.

The death toll from Vanuatu's devastating cyclone was revised down to 11 today, according to the United Nations which also said contributions to the South Pacific nation's recovery have topped US$10 million.

Celine Jimmy prayed three times before running out of a clubhouse into the darkness to a family home as Cyclone Pam roared through her village in Vanuatu, her four children close by her side.

More than half of the South Pacific island nation Vanuatu's population has been affected by Cyclone Pam, the UN said today as the death toll rose to 16.

Nearly 400 people left homeless by a cyclone that battered the tiny Pacific nation of Vanuatu said today they are not getting enough emergency aid a week on from the monster storm.

The death toll from the devastating storm that pummelled Vanuatu last weekend will not rise significantly, the prime minister of the South Pacific island nation said today.

Northeastern Australia was battening down today in preparation for a strong cyclone forecast to hit coastal areas north of the city of Cairns, one of the gateways for the Great Barrier Reef.

Aid groups and survivors of one of the world's most powerful storms on record are hoping that early warnings, concrete-walled homes, cave refuges and a healthy respect for the sea have saved the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu from a huge death toll.

Residents of the southern Vanuatu island of Tanna said they were running out of food and basic supplies today, after a huge cyclone tore across the South Pacific nation wreaking widespread devastation but not the heavy death toll initially feared.

A cyclone in the Coral Sea is forecast to intensify before slamming into Australia's northeast coast later this week, less than a month after the area was pummelled by one the most powerful cyclones on record to hit Australia, the national weather forecaster said today.

Vanuatu could soon start running out of food, the president's office warned today, after Cyclone Pam roared through the Pacific nation leaving at least 24 dead, as a massive clean-up got under way in the capital.

Twenty-four people have been killed in Vanuatu by Cyclone Pam which tore through the Pacific nation packing winds of up to 320 kilometres (200 miles), the UN said Tuesday.

Aid agencies today described conditions in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu as among the most challenging they have ever faced, as the Pacific nation's president blamed climate change for worsening the devastation.

Vanuatu's President Baldwin Lonsdale said Monday climate change was a key factor in the devastation wrought on the Pacific nation by Super Cyclone Pam, which left six dead and 30 injured in the capital Port Vila alone.