Floodwaters have receded in Rakiraki Town and it is now accessible to all vehicles and people. However, Rakiraki Town Council ...

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Vanuatu is an scenic, sprawling archipelago covering a vast expanse of South Pacific Ocean that lies between Australia and Fiji. More than 80 coral and volcanic islands are home to 330,000 people.

Amid the havoc wrought by a violent earthquake two days earlier, Ivan Oswald and his staff at Nambawan Cafe on an idyllic ...

Clement Chipokolo, Vanuatu country director at the Christian ... Olul said she had driven around town and people were still sitting in parks and under trees, scared of aftershocks causing further ...

Wellington, New Zealand (AP) — Vanuatu’s capital was without water on Wednesday, a day after reservoirs were destroyed by a violent magnitude 7.3 earthquake that wrought havoc on the South ...

In this image released by Vanuatu Red Cross Society, its volunteers assist staff with the clean up at Vila Central Hospital in Port Vila, Vanuatu Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, following a powerful ...

Overseas rescuers joined a hunt for survivors in the rubble of shattered buildings in earthquake-struck Vanuatu on Thursday, with officials saying the toll of nine dead is set to rise. More than ...

World Vision’s Vanuatu country director says electricity and water are ... a number of compromised strategic bridges that are very essential for connecting the town those are the ones that I’m worried ...

Olul said she had driven around town and people were still sitting in ... said he had worked with more than 1000 "fantastic" workers from Vanuatu. He said any Australians wanting to help Vanuatu ...