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At this hour on friday we reported on a monster tomorrow that was tearing its way through the south pacific. this is what that storm left behind. this is the tiny island nation of vanuatu. entire national population thats about the same size of that of ft. wayne, indiana. 250,000 people in that nation spread across dozens of inhabited islands. vinuatu took a direct hit from this cyclone which hit this weekend with winds of more than 200 miles an hour. the storm leveled the capital city of vanuat...

The buildings. the death toll at this point is still unclear. 24 people are confirmed dead but officials have been cautions they have had no contact with the outer islands. they are believed to have taken the brunt of the storm and no one knows what they will find when they get out there. the death toll stands at 24 and that number is expected to rise. ♪ during its first year, a humpback calf and its mother are almost inseparable. she lifts her calf to its first breath of air, then protects it...

A government. people in vanuatu are struggling to recover from tropical cyclone pam. more than 3,000 are living in shelters and there are concerns about a lack of clean water and food. the full extent of the damage is still unclear since communication with the remote outer islands is still down. u.s. secretary of state john kerry held another round of talks with irans foreign minister monday in switzerland. theres still no deal to lift sanctions in exchange for a freeze on sensitive aspects ...

>> reporter: small planes have been conducting survey in the outer islands. vanuatu has dozens of islands. this is one of the problems. were trying to figure out the damage around the capital city its still difficult to get phone calls out to some of the more remote islands. difficult to get an assessment of damage or potential loss of life on some of these smaller islands. the sgns that the disaster management center -- gones isgones is that the disaster management center reports that this is t...

Worst with of it yesterday. but in the past few hours weve been in some of the outer villages of port vila and also the main part of port vila it is just an absolute catastrophic sight out there. so this afternoon, i was out at a village about 20 minutes out. and people were showing me through their homes, and often the wind has just blown straight through and gutted them completely. its ripped the roofs off. most of the walls are down. these people evacuated to a nearby church. and today two gi...

Did you go to the outer islands of the archipelago. the real fear is that those people in the outer islands have not had the protection that probably the ones most in danger. >> caller: no not the outer islands, the outer area of port vila. and yesterday we were not able to get really that far out of port vila the city itself. but today we were able to get more around the island. but in terms of the outer islands, we still have not had any communication with islands out there. so world vision ha...

Villages of port vila and also the main areas of port vila it is absolute catastrophic. i was at a village about 20 minutes out of port vila. and people were showing me their homes. and whats left of them. often the wind has just blown straight through and gutted them completely. its ripped the roofs off. most of the walls are down. these people evacuated to a nearby church. and near that church was a school. two girls, mimi and suzy showed me what was a classroom. and today it was a pile of rub...

That those people in the outer islands have not had the protection. >> caller: port vila yesterday, we werent able to get around port vila itself. we were able to get more around the island. but we have not had any communication with outer islands. so world vision has many staff that are based in these communities that we have not heard from yet, and communications go down. so right now its about 7:00. im in port vila and i am doing this interview in total darkness. we still dont have power. we ...

But communication is still very very difficult. and like i said we still have not heard from those outer islands, but we do hold great fear for the devastation that will be out there for the islands that are more vulnerable to devastation than port vila and ive just described what i saw there today. >> and chloe, when you look at these parts youve gone to in the island what do you need most? what do you need now? im guessing food clean water, thats clearly a must-have at the moment. >> caller: y...

Not heard from those outer islands, but we will be out to the islands that are more vulnerable to devastation than port vila. >> and chloe, when you look at these parts that youve gone to what do you need most? im guessing food clean water, thats clearly a must-have at the moment. >> caller: yes, i mean food and water is an immediate need but also shelter. and what peoples houses have standing theyre not safe to inhabit. so today people that are still sleeping in their village, theres about 20 t...