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Locals in Vanuatu said on Thursday (December 19) they were living in tents due to fears of damaged buildings, two days after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed at least 16 people. Derrick Henry's ...

And so I held on to the door frame because there was nothing else to help support me up to make my way out of the building.” Port Vila local Cynthia, who did not provide her surname, said some locals ...

Nearly 1pm on December 17, 2024, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck off the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu killed ...

(Vanuatu Red Cross Society via AP) In this photo released by Vanuatu Red Cross Society, Red Cross volunteers assist locals as they inspect their damaged house in Efate, Vanuatu, Thursday, Dec. 19, ...

Rescuers in Vanuatu will be under pressure to reach trapped people quickly, but there will be tough decisions if buildings aren't safe to enter, a structural engineer says. Buildings have collapsed in ...

Henry Sia, an Australian property manager, was about to board a flight back to Sydney with his partner after a holiday in Vanuatu when the earthquake abruptly disrupted their plans. After being ...

Starlink’s higher bandwidth and lower cost make it an attractive alternative for countries such as Vanuatu. Yet not without complex policy questions. Starlink offers direct-to-consumer broadband, ...

Police had been urging people to adhere to the nightly curfew of 6pm to 6am local time. They had also warned of a greater chance of opportunistic crimes being committed after the disaster and urged ...

Emma Dunlop-Bennett said the New Zealand teams on the ground are working in partnership with the Vanuatu government. She said she was in awe of the strength of locals after the disaster. "As we go out ...