article_snippet: Yet it will still take some time before our really understand the full extent of the damage.
article_snippet: It's becoming increasingly clear that we are now dealing with worse than the worst-case scenario in Vanuatu," said Helen Szoke, executive director in Australia for the aid group Oxfam.
article_snippet: But communications with many of the 80-plus islands in the archipelago are down, so the fear is that the toll will climb as more information emerges.
article_snippet: Only a little information has so far trickled out from beyond the capital, but Gudnitz said Gudnitz fears the worst.
article_snippet: Unfortunately, the more that comes out, the worse it looks," Gudnitz said.
article_snippet: Reaching the more isolated communities will also take time.
article_snippet: It's very terrifying to think about what people have been through.
article_snippet: CNN's Ralph Ellis, Ben Brumfield and Laura Smith-Spark contributed to this report.
highlights_snippet: Situation is "worse than the worst-case scenario," Oxfam says .
  