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.
An RAF plane has arrived in Vanuatu with vital supplies after the country was devastated by a tropical cyclone in the South Pacific.
The plane carrying 1,640 shelter kits and more than 1,900 solar lanterns with mobile phone chargers landed at around 3 am UK time, after the Government pledged £2 million towards humanitarian aid efforts.
Cyclone Pam ripped through the archipelago of islands with winds of up to 155 mph and heavy rainfall destroying 90% of the buildings in the capital of Port Vila.
Eleven people died in the disaster.
Residents of the island told ITV News earlier this week that they had to drink rainwater as they waited for supplies to reach them.
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.