After spotting an emergency flare, authorities scrambled to rescue the rower who spent days adrift amid cyclonic conditions.

An Australian warship on Monday rescued a Lithuanian solo rower who had encountered a tropical cyclone while attempting to ...

Vanuatu considered the world’s most at-risk country for natural disasters. In March 2015, Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu causing unprecedented destruction. The World Bank-supported ...

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with more than half of Vanuatu's resorts reopening, including some on the hardest hit islands, just six weeks after Tropical Cyclone Pam devastated much of the country. Staff and local communities ...

Life was relatively peaceful for a few years until Cyclone Pam tore through Vanuatu in March, leaving thousands without food, water and shelter. Mr Simelum still expects to see more disasters in ...

The 76-year-old lives in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu - the most dangerous area in the world for natural disasters, according to the United Nations University. He survived yet another ...

Anna Gero receives funding through the Australian Aid Program's Australian Development Research Award Scheme and also works on project-based research and consultancies for the non-government sector.

The once exotic tourist destination now faces major cleanup effort after Cyclone Pam destroys homes and business. The WSJ’s Lucy Craymer visits Vanuatu, where more than half of the island’s ...

With winds gusting at more than 185 miles per hour, Cyclone Pam pummeled the Pacific archipelago nation of Vanuatu last Friday and Saturday, destroying 90 percent of the country's infrastructure ...

The picture-perfect scene of Vanuatu has only one element missing -- tourists. Visitors have poured out of the country on commercial and military flights since Cyclone Pam stuck on Friday night ...

Aid to Vanuatu has begun after Cyclone Pam ripped through the islands five days ago. A high proportion of the population is now homeless and 90 percent of the buildings in capital Port Vila were ...