As many as 30 houses have been destroyed and there's been extensive damage to crops in Vanuatu's northern provinces, after Cyclone Oma hung around for five days.
The storm - while not very strong - pulled three loops off the coast of the island of Santo late last week, then stalled near it for much of the weekend before finally moving away.
A Red Cross spokesperson, Olivia Finau, says this means the northern islands were battered by a week of constant torrential rain, strong winds, and raging seas.
She told Jamie Tahana that while assessments are yet to fully start, there are already reports of widespread damage.
On Rah Island, in Vanuatu's Torba province, swells whipped up by Cyclone Oma rushed as far as 50 metres inland, according to the Red Cross. Photo: Supplied / Red Cross Vanuatu
