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Clear skies allowed {{w|United Nations}} relief workers to move into {{w|Vanuatu}} Wednesday to deliver food and drinks to survivors of a category 5 cyclone that struck last weekend. {{w|Cyclone Pam}} left more than 80 percent of the island country’s homes and buildings damaged and caused problems to communication systems, making it hard for the workers to reach {{w|Tanna (island)|Tanna}} and {{w|Erromango}} – the two islands hit hardest by the storm.

A {{w|UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination}} team arrived in Vanuatu Monday and began relief efforts, with the {{w|World Food Programme}} on standby to be airlifted into the country to distribute contingency stocks of Highhigh-Energyenergy Biscuitsbiscuits if needed.

Vanuatu’s government requested satellite equipment as well to help coordinate communications. Per the government’s request, the UN {{w|International Telecommunication Union}} dispatched emergency telecommunications equipment Tuesday, comprising of 40 satellite phones, 10 Broadband Global Area Network terminals and 35 solar panels.

Vanuatu’s {{w|President of Vanuatu|President}} {{w|Baldwin Lonsdale|H.E. Baldwin Lonsdale}} was speaking at the Third UN {{w|World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction}} in {{w|Sendai}}, {{w|Japan}}, Sunday as the cyclone hit. "Vanuatu is used to disasters but the indications are that Cyclone Pam has caused unprecedented damages,” Lonsdale said. “... This cyclone is a huge setback for the country's development. It will have severe impacts for all sectors of economic activity including tourism, agriculture and manufacturing." The President said his country loses six percent of its gross domestic product every year due to disasters.