An RAF plane has arrived in Vanuatu with vital supplies after the country was devastated by a tropical cyclone in the South Pacific.
Cyclone Pam ripped through the archipelago of islands last weekend, with winds of up to 155 mph and heavy rainfall destroying 90% of the buildings in the capital of Port Vila.
Thousands of pieces of vital equipment, including shelter and lanterns, has been sent by Britain to help people in Vanuatu whose lives have been devastated by Cyclone Pam.
An RAF C-17 transport plane left the base at Brize Norton earlier today, travelling to Australia where the equipment will be transported on to the small island nation.
Among the items on board are 1,640 shelter kits which can house families of five, as well as miore than 1,900 solar lanterns complete with in-built mobile phone chargers.
The C-17 and its crew will remain in Australia for several days along with a humanitarian expert, to provide support flights between Australia and Vanuatu.
It comes after the UK pledged £2 million to aid efforts, including £1m made available to the UN and other international aid agencies and another £1m made available through the Rapid Response Facility.
An RAF plane carrying aid for people displaced after Cyclone Pam has arrived in Vanuatu after government pledges £2 million to help victims
Residents of an island that was directly in the path of Cyclone Pam are having to drink rainwater as they wait for aid supplies to arrive.
Aid agency Save the Children has said that up to 75,000 children in cyclone devastated Vanuatu could be in desperate need of food.