SUVA, Fiji: Cyclone-devastated Vanuatu declared a state of emergency Sunday as relief agencies desperately scrambled to get help to the impoverished Pacific nation amid reports entire villages were “blown away” when a monster storm swept through.
The official death toll stood at six on Sunday, although the UN had unconfirmed reports of 44 people killed in just one province after Super Cyclone Pam, a maximum category five storm, tore through.
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