Tanna Island

Residents of the southern Vanuatu island of Tanna said they were running out of food and basic supplies today, after a huge cyclone tore across the South Pacific nation wreaking widespread devastation but not the heavy death toll initially feared.

International aid agencies began emergency flights today to some of the remote outer islands of Vanuatu, which they fear have been devastated by a monster cyclone that tore through the South Pacific island nation.

Residents of the southern Vanuatu island of Tanna said they were running out of food and basic supplies today, after a huge cyclone tore across the South Pacific nation wreaking widespread devastation but not the heavy death toll initially feared.

International aid agencies began emergency flights today to some of the remote outer islands of Vanuatu, which they fear have been devastated by a monster cyclone that tore through the South Pacific island nation.