article_snippet: The aid group Oxfam is warning that the cyclone may have caused "one of the worst disasters ever seen in the Pacific.
article_snippet: The full extent of the devastation remained unclear Monday.
article_snippet: With communication lines to many of the outer islands cut, it could take days or even weeks to emerge.
article_snippet: But the big unknown remains the scale of the destruction the storm wrought on the outer islands to the north and south of the capital.
article_snippet: It's certainly deeply concerning because those islands down there were incredibly hard hit," said Tom Perry, a spokesman for the aid organization CARE International.
article_snippet: The damage is enormous, and people need our help," said Aurelia Balpe, head of the Red Cross in the Pacific.
article_snippet: Yet it will still take some time before our really understand the full extent of the damage.
article_snippet: The country's remote location adds to the challenges facing the international response.
highlights_snippet: Aid agencies say Aid agencies fear severe destruction in communities on outlying islands .