Vanuatu's capital is hit by a second major tropical cyclone in as many days, after twin earthquakes also struck parts of the country.
"It's like a car crash — first there is the big shock, then long-term problems come afterwards," Mr Durpaire said."After the aerial assessment reports and evaluations on the ground, we will be able to declare the disaster areas in the places that have been severely damaged," he said.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck 90km from Luganville on the island of Espiritu Santo at 5am on Friday morning with a second 5.4 magnitude earthquake 114km from the city at 6.30am. "People on Santo felt the earthquake, but couldn't go outside to assess the damage because of the high winds," said Dickinson Tevi, secretary general of the Vanuatu Red Cross Society.
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