Aid agencies in Vanuatu are gearing up for a relief operation lasting several months after Cyclone Pam killed at least 11 people and left many people in the tiny Pacific nation without water, food or shelter. Full Story: International aid agencies in the pacific island nation of Vanuatu were preparing on Friday for a relief operation lasting several months after Cyclone Pam killed at least eleven people and left many people without water, food or shelter. The government of Vanuatu is coordinating relief efforts, attempting to get immediate aid to more than sixty inhabited remote islands along the 1300km long archipelago east of Australia. "There are a number of people with critical needs in water, in food, in shelter and in health and this is not something that is going to go away, this is something that is going to get more and more severe the longer it takes to reach them. On the good side, on the plus side the government is doing a fantastic job in assessing what the needs ar... ( More) | 
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