The international Agency for assistance have increased calls to help devastated by cyclone Vanuatu, warning that a severe storm that has affected more than two-thirds of Pacific island States, destroyed the grain harvest and fishing fleet, increasing the risk of hunger and disease.

Residents of the South island of Tanna said that food stocks run out, while rescuers are still trying to get to the other Islands, which on Friday and Saturday at a speed of over 300 km/h cyclone "pam".

The United Nations announced that the official death toll is 11, but many officials expect the number of victims will increase as soon as the opportunity to thoroughly explore the outer Islands of the archipelago. According to the UN, the delivery of food supplies to isolated communities is problematic.

The world food programme, the UN reported that working with humanitarian organizations on the mainland, to help distribute food and other assistance once destroyed a crop of bananas, coconuts and other crops, killed livestock and destroyed boats and fishing canoes.

The United Nations children's Fund (UNICEF) reported that the government had launched a campaign for the prevention of measles due to low immunization rates, and recent outbreaks of the disease.

Organization assistance is particularly concerned about the situation on the island of Tanna, where the eye of the storm. All communications are there damaged, houses destroyed, trees felled. The island's population was 29 000 people, despite the massive destruction, the majority of the population survived, then in schools, churches and other strong buildings.

Formerly known as New Hebrides, Vanuatu, one of the poorest countries in the world, is a group of more than 80 Islands, stretching 2,000 km, with a population of 260,000 people.

Being on a geologically active volcanic zone of the Pacific ocean, the state suffers from frequent earthquakes and tsunami and has several active volcanoes in addition to the threats from storms and sea-level rise.