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CLICK HERE - WHO - Cyclone Pam March 2015 - Situation Reports
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CLICK HERE - UNOCHA - Cyclone Pam Situation Report, No. 1 - March 15, 2015
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CLICK HERE - Red Cross - Vanuatu: Tropical Cyclone Pam - Emergency Plan of Action (4 page .PDF plan)
CLICK HERE - RESOURCES - Humanity Road - Vanuatu – Tropical Cyclone Pam #TCPam
CLICK HERE - GDACS - Red Tropical Cyclone alert for PAM-15 in Vanuatu
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CLICK HERE - Vanuatu:Cyclone PAM - Status of Airports (as of 18 March 2015)
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Tropical Cyclone PAM-15 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the Maximum sustained wind speed and the affected population and their vulnerability.
cnn.com - by Brandon Miller, Madison Park and Laura Smith-Spark - March 13, 2015
(CNN)Tropical Cyclone Pam, one of the strongest storms seen in the South Pacific in years, has made a direct hit on Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, raising fears of mass devastation.
Satellite imagery shows the eye of the massive Category 5 storm making landfall on the small island housing the city in central Vanuatu.
The capital, the biggest city in the Vanuatu island chain, sits on the coastline, which is vulnerable to storm surges during powerful cyclones.
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UNICEF - Situation Report - Cyclone Pam - Vanuatu
At least 54,000 children affected by cyclone Pam in Vanuatu
unicef.org - Press Release - March 14, 2015
NEW YORK, 14 March 2015 - It is estimated that at least half the population of Vanuatu has been affected by cyclone Pam. Of these, at least 54,000 are children.
Many homes in Vanuatu have likely been destroyed as they are built with natural and local materials such as thatched and corrugated roofs that are vulnerable to strong winds and floods.
Schools, churches and community halls are being used as emergency shelters. Many of these buildings are likely to have suffered structural damage. Lifeline facilities like hospitals, electrical utilities, water supply and telephone systems are most likely severely damaged.
Power and water supply has been affected across Vanuatu, including in the capital city Port Vila.
Other Pacific Island countries have been severely impact as well, including the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Kiribati.
UNICEF is on the ground in the affected countries, providing immediate assistance. Most urgent needs include the provision of water containers, purification tablets, soap and temporary sanitation facilities.
In Vanuatu, health centres have likely sustained severe damage and will need rebuilding and restocking with medical and nutrition supplies. Plans are under way to support the Government to do a major measles immunization campaign, given recent cases.
Schools are being used as evacuation centres, and UNICEF will be supporting children's education, including providing school in a box kits. Child friendly spaces will be set up in evacuation centres to provide children with psychosocial assistance.
UNICEF's immediate needs to assist the affected countries is at least US $2 million, initially covering support to water, sanitation, hygiene, health, education, nutrition and protection services, and including support for the high costs of logistics across this vast geographic area.
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_81208.html
Massive Cyclone Ravages South Pacific Island Nation
Reports that dozens died in Vanuatu
time.com - Associated Press - March 14, 2015
. . . Packing winds of 270 kilometers (168 miles) per hour, Cyclone Pam tore through the tiny South Pacific archipelago early Saturday, leaving a trail of destruction and unconfirmed reports of dozens of deaths.
Power remained out across Vanuatu later Saturday and people on many of the outer islands had no access to running water or outside communications, said Chloe Morrison, a World Vision emergency communications officer in the capital, Port Vila.
Morrison said communications have been so problematic that her aid group hasn’t yet been able to account for many of its own 76 staff on the islands and authorities have been unable to assess the extent of the damage.
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Vanuatu President Calls for Help After Cyclone Destruction
bbc.com - March 14, 2015
Vanuatu's President Baldwin Lonsdale has called for international help after Cyclone Pam ripped through the Pacific archipelago.
Describing it as a "calamity", he said he spoke with a "heavy heart".
Aid agencies say the cyclone, which veered off its expected course on Saturday and struck populated areas, has caused "complete devastation".
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Vanuatu Cyclone Pam: President Appeals for 'Immediate' Help
bbc.com - March 16, 2015
. . . Vanuatu President Baldwin Lonsdale: "More than 90% of buildings have been destroyed"
"After all the development we have done for the last couple of years and this big cyclone came and just destroyed all the infrastructure the government has built. Completely destroyed."
. . . "The humanitarian need is immediate, we need it right now.”
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