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The Chinese navy is gradually extending its operational reach beyond East Asia, the Pentagon said in a report.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A search expanded on Thursday for those killed or trapped alive by an earthquake in the ...

Vanuatu is ranked as one of the countries most susceptible to natural disasters such as earthquakes, storm damage, flooding and tsunamis, according to the annual World Risk Report.

World Vision Vanuatu director Clement Chipokolo said the nation lacked capacity to cope with the mass casualty event. “We already have a very stretched health system and this is just adding ...

Clement Chipokolo from World Vision Vanuatu told Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television that he expects the death count to rise due to the severity of the damage. He said that damage ...

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A magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck Port Vila in Vanuatu on Tuesday killed at least ... one of the most seismically active regions in the world. “In the century leading up to the 17 December ...

According to the reports presented by various online media sources, on December 17, 2024, a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu, a small island nation in the South Pacific.

Vanuatu is ranked as one of the countries most susceptible to natural disasters such as earthquakes, storm damage, flooding and tsunamis, according to the annual World Risk Report. Al Arabiya’s ...

Vila Central Hospital, too, was overwhelmed, said Clement Chipokolo, World Vision’s country director for Vanuatu. The main building sustained major damage and patients were evacuated to another ...