Cyclone Pam: At least eight Australians missing in Vanuatu

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[quote]Eight Australians are among 19 volunteer teachers missing in Vanuatu, five days after Cyclone Pam tore through the Pacific nation.

The volunteers were in Vanuatu with Lattitude Global Volunteering, the international youth development charity confirmed on Wednesday.
A spokesperson for Lattitude said the organisation was working with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and local authorities on the ground to try to find the missing volunteers.

A DFAT spokesperson said locating the missing group remained its top priority.

"Consular officials have not yet located the group of young Australian volunteers on Pentecost Island and they remain our highest immediate consular priority," the spokesperson said.

DFAT said consular staff in Vanuatu were making every effort to contact and assist Australians in the country.

"Aerial surveillance has been undertaken to locate Australians, however communications are out and airstrips are damaged on many islands, so contact and travel to these areas is very difficult," he said.

"Consular staff in Australia are in contact with families who have concerns for Australians in Vanuatu." [/quote]

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If you don't know what's been happening in Vanuatu, there's been a fuckhuge storm that pretty severely fucked up poor island nation. Look at the source, there's some more shit in there.

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thats really terrible, seems to be on par with New orleans.