Disaster response teams after touching down in Port Vila just after the earthquake. Photo: Department of Defence Australia is to give another $10m in aid to Vanuatu after that country’s recent earthquake which killed 14 and affected 80,000 people. The $10m package will focus on education, health and transport and delivered through local partners, the…
Disaster response team members board a C-17 at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, yesterday. Picture: Department of Defence Australia has sent a 64-person disaster response team to Port Vila as Vanuatu starts to recover from Tuesday’s deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake. The federal government says there has been extensive damage to buildings in, and around, the capital, Port…
Port Vila after the earthquake struck yesterday. Photo: Twitter / X Australia has sent emergency medical and search and rescue teams to Vanuatu after it was struck by a large (7.3) earthquake yesterday (Tuesday). Another large quake (6.1) was reported this morning, according to Geoscience Australia. Unconfirmed media reports have put the death toll at…