article_snippet: An Australian couple spent five terrifying hours trapped inside their car with An Australian couple two young children not knowing whether their two young children were going to survive the wrath of Cyclone Pam which tore apart VanuatuVanuatu.
article_snippet: Beth and Kris Russet moved to Vanuatu in 2009 and spent 18 months building a cyclone-proof house before moving into the beautiful home just four months ago in November with Beth and Kris Russet children Charlotte, 3, and Henry,14 months, and also Beth's mother.
article_snippet: But nothing could have prepared An Australian couple for the hell An Australian couple endured as each room in An Australian couple brand new home began to rapidly fill up with water after the ceiling was ripped off leaving the petrified family exposed to the ferocious and deadly elements of the worst cyclone to have hit the Pacific region in living memory.
article_snippet: Beth Russet - left with Henry, and Kris Russet - right with Charlotte, 3, spent five terrifying hours in Beth Russet - left car as Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu .
article_snippet: The polished new deck before Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu got ripped apart - pictured are the two German Shepherds who survived the cyclone on back of the ute .
article_snippet: before the cyclone tore their home apart were far from certain it was the safest option. '
article_snippet: Beth Kris spent 18 months ensuring the house was cyclone proof (pictured being built) - the walls are still in tact .
highlights_snippet: Beth and Kris Russet, who moved from Australia in 2009, took 18 months to build cyclone-proof home in Vanuatu .
  
highlights_snippet: Just four months later, The couple brand new home was ripped apart when Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu on March 13 .
  