Australia is urgently sending assistance, including emergency medical and search and rescue teams, to Vanuatu following a powerful earthquake.

In short:

The Red Cross, citing government sources, says at least 14 people have died after a magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck off Vanuatu on Tuesday.

Locals have reported “mass casualties” and say Port Vila’s hospital is overwhelmed.

What’s next?

Australia is sending “immediate” assistance including urban search and rescue teams.

  • Seagoon_
    31·
    3 days ago

    the headline made me think 10s of thousands had died 🙄

    • palitu
      2·
      2 days ago

      Thankfully it isn’t, currently during at 16.

      Unfortunately we still know some people who are missing :(

      The poor buggers have a decade of work ahead of them to clean up,l and repair/replace everything.