This was next level, it felt like something that comes once in a generation." At least 10 buildings in Port Vila sustained "major structural damage", the government's disaster management office said.

Usually, the U.S. State Department issues travel warnings due to political unrest. In most cases, the most serious warnings are prompted when the government of a country is unable to maintain control.

Most from Vanuatu come from villages outside of Port Vila, where the damage from the earthquake is reported to be concentrated, and many already face Christmas away from their families ...

PORT VILA, Vanuatu – Residents across the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu are bracing for heavy rain and a potential cyclone Thursday, just two days after a deadly magnitude 7.3 earthquake ...

A few more survivors were extracted from the rubble of downtown buildings in Port Vila, also the country’s largest city, while others remained trapped and some were found dead. A near-total ...

In this photo released by Australian Department of Defence, Australians disembark from an aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley, Australia after a flight home from Port Vila, Vanuatu, Wednesday ...

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake devastated Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, leaving it without water and causing widespread damage. At least nine deaths were confirmed, with the number expected to rise as ...

A few more survivors were extracted from the rubble of downtown buildings in Port Vila, also the country’s largest city, while others remained trapped and some were found dead. A near-total ...

But the ferocity of the earthquake that rattled Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila on Tuesday, killing at least 14 and injuring about 200, caught him off guard and terrified locals. A screengrab from a ...

It remained to be seen whether the Port Vila downtown area was “just the tip of an iceberg or whether that’s kind of the iceberg itself”, she said. The airport was closed to commercial ...