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Vanuatu evacuation - 5 October
Vanuatu evacuation - 5 October
Children are most affected by the lack of adequate water shelter and food in evacuation centres.
Little Agnes accompanied her mother shaking hands with a visiting ministerial delegation at an evacuation centre on Espiritu Santo. She seemed to find the whole spectacle quite funny.
Vanuatu prime minister Charlot Salwai.
Vanuatu's prime minister speaks to people at an evacuation centre in Luganville on Espiritu Santo..
Vanuatu prime minister Charlot Salwai gets a briefing at the Emergency Operations Centre at Luganville on Espiritu Santo.
Women and children line up to collect food and water donated by a local church in Luganville.
The HMAS Huon docked at Luganville on Espiritu Santo. Members of its crew are helping with the relief effort in Vanuatu.
Several organisations are going around the camps giving awareness talks on hygiene and personal safety at evacuation centres.
NDMO director Shadrack Welegtabit (centre) is cautioning people not to read too much into a Geohazard report saying the volcano on Ambae has stabilised.
Navy officers from the HMAS Huon putting up tents at an evacuation centre on Espiritu Santo.
The evacuation of Ambae. Credit: Nixon Garae Tambeana
The evacuation of Ambae. Credit: Nixon Garae Tambeana
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