Relief groups labour to bring food and water to cyclone-hit Vanuata

Relief workers rushed to deliver desperately needed food and water to survivors living on Vanuatu’s outer islands, after a cyclone wiped out entire villages and flattened vast swathes of the South Pacific nation’s landscape.

Teams of aid workers and government officials were planning to send a boat packed with supplies to hard-hit Tanna Island, where aerial assessments showed more than 80% of homes or buildings had been partially or completely destroyed by Cyclone Pam.