article_snippet: The UN had unconfirmed reports that the cyclone had killed 44 people in one province alone and
article_snippet: Oxfam said the destruction in Port Vila was massive, with 90 percent of houses damaged.
article_snippet: While the focus was on Vanuatu, Tuvalu -- some 1,550 kilometres (960 miles) to the northeast -- also saw thousands forced from thousands homes.
article_snippet: entire communities have been blown away,' said Vanuatu police commissioner Colonel Job Esau.
article_snippet: Vanuatu's President Baldwin Lonsdale described the storm as 'a monster that has devastated our country', Vanuatu's President Baldwin Lonsdale voice breaking as Vanuatu's President Baldwin Lonsdale described Port Vila devastation. '
article_snippet: Most of the buildings have been destroyed, many houses have been destroyed, school, health facilities have been destroyed,' Vanuatu's President Baldwin Lonsdale told the BBC from Japan, where Vanuatu's President Baldwin Lonsdale was attending a disaster management conference when the cyclone hit.
article_snippet: World Vision spokeswoman Chloe Morrison said the situation also appeared grim for outlying islands in the nation of around 270,000, with homes decimated on the main island Efate which includes the capital.
article_snippet: We're seeing whole villages and houses just blown away,' World Vision spokeswoman Chloe Morrison said.
article_snippet: He said all the corrugated iron structures He saw in the western part of Tanna were destroyed and all concrete buildings were without roofs,' Aurelia Balpe said, adding that there were unconfirmed reports of two dead. '
article_snippet: New Zealand also flew supplies to the Pacific island of Tuvalu, where Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga said 45 percent of the 11,000 population had been displaced.
article_snippet: Other islands, including the Solomon Islands and Kiribati were Other islands, including the Solomon Islands and Kiribati battered by the storm, although not to the extent of Other islands, including the Solomon Islands and Kiribati neighbour.
highlights_snippet: In some areas up to 90 per cent of houses have been destroyed .
  