Reports

The Vanuatu Government continues to manage and coordinate relief efforts across all affected areas. Joint Rapid Assessments carried out in Tanna, Erromango, Anatom, Futuna, Epi, and Emae on 18 March. Australian Defense Force, ADF compiled and issued a national…

Highlights Public services being restored in capital city of Port Vila In addition to previously observed damage in Efate and Tanna, aerial overviews show widespread damage in Tafea, Malampa (Paama Island, Ambryn Island) and Penama, Shefa (Erromango Island,…

Highlights Two teams, led by the Government, conducted assessment missions to two islands in the southern province of Tafea. Aerial assessments continued to find severe and widespread damage across the bigger islands of Tanna, Erromango and Efate. The re-establishment…

Key points Vanuatu’s government declared a nationwide state emergency in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam, which hit the pacific island and neighbouring islands on 13 March 2015. The UN has confirmed that 24 people have died and…

Background: A Tropical Cyclone, named Pam, hit Vanuatu 13 March 2015. The category five cyclone with windspeeds up to 250km/hour caused widespread damage, particularly of the infrastructure. Shefa Province of Vanuatu has been declared a state of…

HIGHLIGHTS • The most powerful cyclone the South Pacific has seen in over a decade, Cyclone Pam has affected over half of Vanuatu’s population of 268 000, and threatens to overwhelm the country’s already fragile health system. •…

IFRC launches emergency appeal of 3.9 million Swiss francs in response to Tropical Cyclone Pam Geneva / Suva, 17 March 2015 - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an emergency…

Tropical Cyclone Pam continues to make way in the South Pacific Ocean after battering Vanuatu on Friday 13 March 205 with Category V strength, causing massive humanitarian needs across all of the provinces in Vanuatu, including…

Summary of the current response Tropical Cyclone Pam continues to make way in the South Pacific Ocean after battering Vanuatu on Friday 13 March 205 with Category V strength, causing massive humanitarian needs across all of the…

Highlights The following is Humanity Road Social Media 3W report covering who is deploying what where. This is compiled via social media reports of agencies deploying to Vanuatu with resources. The aid response currently being discussed in…