article_snippet: Vanuatu has a population of 267,000 people spread over 65 islands.
article_snippet: About 47,000 people live in Vanuatu's capital of Port Vila.
article_snippet: Vanuatu residents fly an Australian flag, which is pictured among the damage caused by Port Vila .
article_snippet: The archipelago found The archipelago in the path of the category five storm after The archipelago unexpectedly changed direction.
article_snippet: Vanuatu was in the path of the storm when Vanuatu unexpectedly changed direction .
article_snippet: This's a setback for the government and for the people of Vanuatu.
article_snippet: UNICEF has estimated that 54,000 children are among those affected by a very devastating cyclone in Vanuatu.
article_snippet: a very devastating cyclone in Vanuatu has already caused damage to other Pacific islands, including Kiribati and the Solomon Islands.
article_snippet: Dr Steven Godby, an expert in natural hazards at Nottingham Trent University, said: 'Vanuatu highlights the vulnerability of people living in isolated regions to natural hazards. 'a very devastating cyclone in Vanuatu is the largest storm to impact the Solomon Islands since Cyclone Eric in 1985 and a World Bank report in 2006 highlighted that in years when a disaster struck, economic losses in Vanuatu averaged 30 per cent of economic losses in Vanuatu GDP. '