17 Mar 2015

New Zealander manages to get off Tanna Island

From Checkpoint, 5:09 pm on 17 March 2015
The first images emerge of destruction in Tanna, Vanuatu, after Cyclone Pam.

The first images emerge of destruction in Tanna, Vanuatu, after Cyclone Pam. Photo: SUPPLIED / Jeremy Pinero

New Zealander Mike Keegan was on holiday on Tanna Island, and when he arrived last Wednesday the feeling there was that Cyclone Pam would miss the Island.

Unfortunately that was wrong and within a short time Tanna Island was devastated.

Mike Keegan says the devastation there is simply indescribable - and worse than Port Vila where thousands are homeless. He recounts what he saw, and how he made it home.