article_snippet: Vanuatu's president made an emotional appeal for international assistance after Vanuatu's president island nation was hit by a calamity of a cyclone .
article_snippet: Vanuatu declared a state of emergency on March 15 and a curfew was enforced after reports of 'low -level looting' It has been confirmed at least eight people are dead following Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu .
article_snippet: Heavy damage in Vanuatu means some areas are safe to be accessed at the moment .
article_snippet: Now I'm worried that's where it's been most impacted on that side of Vanuatu
article_snippet: I'm really trying to stay positive and hope for the best but the reality is the photos and images I've seen from Port Vila so far, knowing that North Efate was in the direct line of the eye of the cyclone and North Efate would have impacted a lot worse than Port Vila is not great news.'
article_snippet: Winds from the extremely powerful cyclone blew through the Pacific's Vanuatu archipelago .
article_snippet: The tropical cyclone brough destructive winds, torrential rain and phenomenal seas to Vanuatu on Saturday .
article_snippet: It came after Vanuatu's lands minister Ralph Regenvanu announced a 'state of emergency' for the Shefa province, where Port Vila is located.
article_snippet: the storm crossed the main Vanuatu island where more than 65,000 people live and a group of islands further south, which are home to 33,000 people.
article_snippet: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had met the president of Vanuatu on Saturday morning and conveyed 'our deepest condolences' as well as solidarity with the people of the archipelago.
article_snippet: Tens of thousands of people seeking safety in safe buildings and caves across Vanuatu.'
article_snippet: The president of Vanuatu, Baldwin Lonsdale, who was attending a World Conference on Disaster Risk and Reduction in Japan, told participants: “
article_snippet: I do not really know what impact the cyclone has had on Vanuatu.” 'I am speaking to you today with a heart that is so heavy,' The president of Vanuatu, Baldwin Lonsdale, who was attending a World Conference on Disaster Risk and Reduction in Japan said. '