Cyclone Pam: Desperate villagers mark out 'H' for help
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Save Samuel kicks a ball through the ruins of their family home as his father, Phillip, at back, picks through the debris in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Photo / AP
Desperate villagers on an outlying cyclone-flattened Vanuatu island have marked out a "H" for help to attract the attention of planes flying over.
Oxfam country director in Port Vila Colin Collett van Rooyen said aid groups were using aerial surveillance to work out priority areas for help.
The focus was now shifting to remote parts of the Pacific nation.
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Adrian Banga surveys his destroyed house in Port Vila, Vanuatu in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam. Photo / AP