'90% Of the capital of Vanuatu to the impact of Hurricane Pam "
Days may not destruction, relief agencies say
Pacific island state's capital, Port Vila, Vanuatu badly damaged, or up to 90% of the houses destroyed in a hurricane tore However, Oxfam says.
Described the situation as a Red Cross spokesman Revelations - In some areas, entire villages were swept away.
At least eight people were killed, the information but it is feared that the increase in the number of firefighters to reach the islands.
Thousands of people spent a second night in shelters.
Oxfam Australia entire societies "blown away," he said.
Category Five storm, up to 270km / h (170mph) in the air, away from its expected course changed and the people in the areas hit by Friday night.
Port Vila Vanuatu population of 267,000 with 47,000 residents spread across 65 islands.
In a statement Sunday, Oxfam Australia, Port Vila was seriously damaged housing up to 90% are reported.
At least eight people were killed, the information but it is feared that the increase in the number of firefighters to reach the islands.
Thousands of people spent a second night in shelters.
Oxfam Australia entire societies "blown away," he said.
Category Five storm, up to 270km / h (170mph) in the air, away from its expected course changed and the people in the areas hit by Friday night.
Port Vila Vanuatu population of 267,000 with 47,000 residents spread across 65 islands.
In a statement Sunday, Oxfam Australia, Port Vila was seriously damaged housing up to 90% are reported.
Bill Mercer Vanuatu Pacific hurricane which ravaged the country, reports the Palm. 350.org, YouTube / isso Nihmei Video courtesy of
"It will always have the opportunity to be one of the worst disasters in the Pacific," Van Rooyen said in Port Vila, Oxfam Colin Collet.
"The humanitarian needs are enormous amount of pride and Vanuatu are going to need help to return to their homes and their lives."
Immediate priorities, he said, shelter, clean water and health facilities visited.
Hurricane Katrina hit, but authorities could not open it again on Sunday to allow some of the first aid to Port Vila airport is closed, there is still hope.
UN Disaster Assessment Team Vanuatu, is set in a few hours.
"It will always have the opportunity to be one of the worst disasters in the Pacific," Van Rooyen said in Port Vila, Oxfam Colin Collet.
"The humanitarian needs are enormous amount of pride and Vanuatu are going to need help to return to their homes and their lives."
Immediate priorities, he said, shelter, clean water and health facilities visited.
Hurricane Katrina hit, but authorities could not open it again on Sunday to allow some of the first aid to Port Vila airport is closed, there is still hope.
UN Disaster Assessment Team Vanuatu, is set in a few hours.
"300 to the toilet '
Marc Le Roux, Adventist Development and Relief Agency, Port Vila in the situation "very bad," he said.
"We still have about 2,000 people in 20 evacuation centers, our evacuation centers sometimes share a toilet to 300 people," he said.
Chloe Morrison, an emergency contact in Port Vila world view, people are very patient on Sunday said he was woken up by the weather.
Many fields were still in contact with him and his team of 76 staff members from the islands so that others are not able to account.
She is a safe shelter during Hurricane anyone a "very, very tough time," he said.
Earlier, Vanuatu is an impassioned plea for international assistance was the president of Baldwin Lonsdale.
"We still have about 2,000 people in 20 evacuation centers, our evacuation centers sometimes share a toilet to 300 people," he said.
Chloe Morrison, an emergency contact in Port Vila world view, people are very patient on Sunday said he was woken up by the weather.
Many fields were still in contact with him and his team of 76 staff members from the islands so that others are not able to account.
She is a safe shelter during Hurricane anyone a "very, very tough time," he said.
Earlier, Vanuatu is an impassioned plea for international assistance was the president of Baldwin Lonsdale.
As the waves roared in hurricane late on Palm Islands, the largest scale ranged paliturrappatattana
Port Vila bore the brunt of the storm
"I have a heart that is too heavy, you'll talk today," said the Japan disaster risk reduction and the UN Said at the World Congress.
"I have to give a helping hand to the disaster by the State, and to appeal to the people to stand on."
The extent of the disaster is unlikely to be known for several days, Tom Skirrow Save the Children Vanuatu's director, said.
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to unconfirmed reports, 44 people on Saturday (UNOCHA), according to the Vanuatu had died in the north-east Penama Province.
Vanuatu is preparing to send an emergency response team says Australia if required. ($ 741,000 500,000 £), the European Union's € 1m (£ 710,000) to £ 2m in aid promised and the UK, New Zealand is NZ $ 1 million pledged.
Kiribati and the Solomon Islands and other Pacific islands, including Palm already, cause great damage.
After the Hurricane, Flood, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, in the north-east of a group of nine small islands, also declared a state of emergency.
"I have a heart that is too heavy, you'll talk today," said the Japan disaster risk reduction and the UN Said at the World Congress.
"I have to give a helping hand to the disaster by the State, and to appeal to the people to stand on."
The extent of the disaster is unlikely to be known for several days, Tom Skirrow Save the Children Vanuatu's director, said.
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to unconfirmed reports, 44 people on Saturday (UNOCHA), according to the Vanuatu had died in the north-east Penama Province.
Vanuatu is preparing to send an emergency response team says Australia if required. ($ 741,000 500,000 £), the European Union's € 1m (£ 710,000) to £ 2m in aid promised and the UK, New Zealand is NZ $ 1 million pledged.
Kiribati and the Solomon Islands and other Pacific islands, including Palm already, cause great damage.
After the Hurricane, Flood, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, in the north-east of a group of nine small islands, also declared a state of emergency.
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