Vanuatu's Cyclone Lola response faces transport roadblocks with the country's patrol boat out of action after it was damaged from twin cyclones Kevin and Judy in March.
A pregnant woman and her unborn child are among up to three people killed in Vanuatu during a severe cyclone that ripped through and devastated parts of the small Pacific nation.
In the aftermath of Severe Tropical Cyclone Lola which affected Vanuatu, Digicel Pacific is giving their customers across the Pacific the ability to call from their home country to Vanuatu for free from today.
Vanuatu disaster authorities have issued an all clear for the country as ex-cyclone Lola was downgraded to a tropical low system in the last hour (6:34am Vanuatu time/9:34am New Zealand time).
Red Cross Vanuatu is concerned it does not have enough relief to support people through the category 5 Cyclone Lola which is moving through Northern Vanuatu.
Tropical cyclone Lola has cut off communications with the Penama province since last night as it makes landfall on the northern islands, says Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP), working with Queensland and Victoria Police, Australian Border Force (ABF), Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) and the Royal Papua New Guinea...