A string of aftershocks has since shaken the Pacific island nation. Vanuatu declared a seven-day state of emergency “due to the severe impacts,” along with a curfew from 6pm to 6am. Australia and New ...

Vanuatu's National Disaster Management Office ... Other countries have also offered support, with a U.S. military aircraft expected to arrive on Thursday, while France sent a military helicopter ...

Vanuatu’s capital was without water on Wednesday, a day after reservoirs were destroyed by a violent magnitude 7.3 ...

The capital’s main medical facility, Vila Central Hospital, has been badly damaged, and patients moved to a military camp. Clement Chipokolo, Vanuatu country director at the Christian relief ...

France's ambassador to Vanuatu, Jean-Baptiste Jeangene Vilmer, said a French military helicopter had arrived from New Caledonia with satellite communications and military engineers Port Vila's ...

International assistance has also been sought. Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles said two military planes would fly to Vanuatu with a medical assistance team, and a search and rescue team.

People remained trapped in a collapsed building in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila on Wednesday a day after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific nation, killing 14 people including two Chinese ...

PORT VILA, Vanuatu — Foreign rescuers joined a hunt ... dogs and aid supplies, are being flown on military transport planes from Australia and New Zealand to the stricken capital Port Vila.