26 Oct 2023

Superstorm cyclone Lola makes landfall in Vanuatu

From , 6:03 am on 26 October 2023
Tropical Cyclone Lola over Vanuatu as seen in satellite imagery at 11am (NZ time) on 25 October, 2023.

Tropical Cyclone Lola over Vanuatu as seen in satellite imagery at 11am (NZ time) on 25 October, 2023. Photo: Supplied / Vanuatu Meteorology

Reports are coming in of significant widespread damage in Vanuatu's Penama and Malampa province where Cyclone Lola first made landfall on Tuesday. 

Severe cyclone Lola has swept through Vanuatu at a time where the country was still recovering from twin-cyclones in March. 

RNZ Pacific's Eleisha Foon has more.