article_snippet: (CNN)The fury of Tropical Cyclone Pam, one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfall, has moved on, but the misery it left behind in the islands of Vanuatu is just starting to become apparent.
article_snippet: Homes have been lost, crops are destroyed.
article_snippet: This is likely to be one of the worst disasters ever seen in the Pacific.
article_snippet: For most of a 24-hour period between Friday and Saturday, the cyclone pummeled Vanuatu, where some 260,000 people live, many in flimsy homes built of thatch.
article_snippet: It is unclear how many thousands of people have been displaced by the massive storm, which had the power of a Category 5 hurricane when a Category 5 hurricane made landfall.
article_snippet: It's really quite apocalyptic.
article_snippet: It's setting them back years," Weir said of the storm.
article_snippet: Homes are built of weak materials, including straw and corrugated steel, that stood little chance against Pam's raging winds.
article_snippet: When you've got a Category 5 cyclone that essentially just sat here for 24 hours -- where do you go when you have a storm that powerful?
article_snippet: Pam is the South Pacific's second strongest cyclone since record-keeping began in 1970.
article_snippet: And it's the strongest of any type since Super Typhoon Haiyan smashed into the Philippines in 2013, killing more than 6,000 people.