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Rescuers reach Vanuatu islands

Edit Taipei Times 17 Mar 2015
Residents of the main town in the southern Vanuatu island of Tanna appear to have come through the worst of the cyclone that tore through the South Pacific nation with widespread devastation, but not the heavy death toll initially feared ... The majority of locals rely on foods sold at the downtown market such as taro, island cabbage, bananas, kumara and yams for their staple diet....

Aid agencies to begin helicopter flights to cyclone-stricken Vanuatu

Edit Reuters 17 Mar 2015
PORT VILA (Reuters) - International aid agencies are preparing to begin emergency helicopter flights on Tuesday to the remote outer islands of Vanuatu, which they fear have been devastated by a monster cyclone that tore through the South Pacific island country ... The majority of locals rely on foods sold at the downtown market such as taro, island cabbage, bananas, kumala and yams for their staple diet....

Aid agencies begin flights to cyclone-stricken Vanuatu

Edit Canoe 17 Mar 2015
TANNA, Vanuatu - International aid agencies began emergency flights on Tuesday to some of the remote outer islands of Vanuatu, which they fear have been devastated by a monster cyclone that tore through the South Pacific island nation ... "We have no contact of any sort with the outer islands ... The majority of locals rely on foods sold at the downtown market such as taro, island cabbage, bananas, kumara and yams for their staple diet....

Aid agencies begin flights to outer islands of Vanuatu

Edit The Irish Times 17 Mar 2015
International aid agencies began emergency flights on Tuesday to some of the remote outer islands of Vanuatu, which they fear have been devastated by a monster cyclone that tore through the South Pacific island nation ... “We have no contact of any sort with the outer islands ... The majority of locals rely on foods sold at the downtown market such as taro, island cabbage, bananas, kumara and yams for their staple diet....

UPDATE 2-Aid agencies begin flights to cyclone-stricken Vanuatu, official toll lowered

Edit Reuters 17 Mar 2015
TANNA, March 17 (Reuters) - International aid agencies began emergency flights on Tuesday to some of the remote outer islands of Vanuatu, which they fear have been devastated by a monster cyclone that tore through the South Pacific island nation ... The majority of locals rely on foods sold at the downtown market such as taro, island cabbage, bananas, kumara and yams for their staple diet....

Rescue teams reach cyclone-hit Vanuatu islands

Edit Otago Daily Times 17 Mar 2015
Residents of the southern Vanuatu island of Tanna said they were running out of food and basic supplies, after a huge cyclone tore across the South Pacific nation wreaking widespread devastation but not the heavy death toll initially feared ... The majority of locals rely on foods sold at the downtown market such as taro, island cabbage, bananas, kumara and yams for their staple diet....

UPDATE 3-Rescue teams reach cyclone stricken Vanuatu islands, official toll lowered

Edit Reuters 17 Mar 2015
* Concerns growing about food shortages (Updates with Australia confirming reports of destruction on outer islands, Australia sending additional aid, tourists leaving) ... Reports from aid groups also said the main town on the island of Erromango, north of Tanna, had suffered similar destruction ... The majority of locals rely on foods sold at the downtown market such as taro, island cabbage, bananas, kumara and yams for their staple diet....

UPDATE 5-Rescue teams reach cyclone-hit Vanuatu islands, official toll lowered

Edit Reuters 17 Mar 2015
TANNA, Vanuatu, March 17 (Reuters) - Residents of the southern Vanuatu island of Tanna said they were running out of food and basic supplies on Tuesday, after a huge cyclone tore across the South Pacific nation wreaking widespread devastation but not the heavy death toll initially feared ... The majority of locals rely on foods sold at the downtown market such as taro, island cabbage, bananas, kumara and yams for their staple diet....

Vanuatu's Tanna island residents are running out of food after Cyclone Pam

Edit Canberra Times 17 Mar 2015
Residents of the southern Vanuatu island of Tanna said they were running out of food and basic supplies on Tuesday, after a huge cyclone tore across the South Pacific nation wreaking widespread devastation ... Food has become scarce after Cyclone Pam flattened the southern Vanuatu island Tanna ... The majority of locals rely on foods sold at the downtown market such as taro, island cabbage, bananas, kumara and yams for their staple diet....

UPDATE 4-Rescue teams reach cyclone-stricken Vanuatu islands, official toll lowered

Edit Reuters 17 Mar 2015
TANNA, Vanuatu, March 17 (Reuters) - Residents of the main town in the southern Vanuatu island of Tanna appear to have come through the worst of the cyclone that tore through the South Pacific nation with widespread devastation but not the heavy death toll initially feared ... The majority of locals rely on foods sold at the downtown market such as taro, island cabbage, bananas, kumara and yams for their staple diet....

UPDATE 6-Rescue teams reach cyclone-hit Vanuatu islands, official toll lowered

Edit Reuters 17 Mar 2015
TANNA, Vanuatu, March 17 (Reuters) - Residents of the southern Vanuatu island of Tanna said they were running out of food and basic supplies on Tuesday, after a huge cyclone tore across the South Pacific nation wreaking widespread devastation but not the heavy death toll initially feared ... The majority of locals rely on foods sold at the downtown market such as taro, island cabbage, bananas, kumara and yams for their staple diet....

Vanuatu Islanders Running Out Of Food, Water After Cyclone

Edit Huffington Post 17 Mar 2015
TANNA, Vanuatu, March 17 (Reuters) - Residents of the southern Vanuatu island of Tanna said they were running out of food and basic supplies on Tuesday, after a huge cyclone tore across the South Pacific nation wreaking widespread devastation but not the heavy death toll initially feared ... The majority of locals rely on foods sold at the downtown market such as taro, island cabbage, bananas, kumara and yams for their staple diet....

UPDATE 7-Rescue teams reach cyclone-hit Vanuatu islands, official toll lowered

Edit Reuters 17 Mar 2015
TANNA, Vanuatu, March 17 (Reuters) - Residents of the southern Vanuatu island of Tanna said they were running out of food and basic supplies on Tuesday, after a huge cyclone tore across the South Pacific nation wreaking widespread devastation but not the heavy death toll initially feared ... The majority of locals rely on foods sold at the downtown market such as taro, island cabbage, bananas, kumara and yams for their staple diet....
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