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zombola
03-22-2015, 02:15 PM
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People wash their clothes on the beach days after a huge cyclone tore across the South Pacific nation wreaking widespread devastation.
International aid organisations overseeing the rescue works had been particularly concerned about Tanna, which bore the full force of the storm.


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People walk through a street in Lenakel town after the cyclone.
Cyclone Pam's gusts of more than 185 mph washed away roads, shredded forests, damaged buildings and destroyed homes.
While Tanna suffered extensive damage in the category 5 storm, on the island of 29,000 people said that it appeared most of the population had survived by sheltering in schools, churches and other sturdy buildings.




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Children ride on a truck in Lenakel town.
"We are running short of food, water, shelter and electricity. We have no communications, we are still waiting for the people from parliament, the chief and the president, but still nobody is coming,” 67-year-old Ropate Vuso said.




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People dry their clothes near the beach in Lenakel town.
Aid officials said the storm was comparable in strength to Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines in 2013 and killed more than 6,000 people.
According to the United Nations the official death toll from Cyclone Pam was 11, revising down its earlier figure of 24, but many officials anticipate that number would rise once they are able to more thoroughly inspect the outer islands of the scattered archipelago.