Hundreds of Australians stranded in Vanuatu after a powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake will be flown home. Australian aid teams are on the ground supporting Vanuatu authorities in search and rescue efforts and assessing further needs. The death toll stands at 14 with fears it will rise.
Hundreds more Australians stranded in Vanuatu after devastating earthquakes will be flown back home on RAAF flights early this evening.Australian teams are on the ground working closely with Vanuatu authorities to undertake urban search and rescue operations, conduct safety assessments, remove hazardous materials, support health authorities treating the injured, and to assess further needs.The powerful magnitude 7.
3 earthquake has killed at least 14 people in the Pacific Island nation, with aftershocks causing further concern. With fears the death toll will rise, seasonal workers in Queensland have been desperate to hear news of their loved ones in Port Vila. Among those tragically taken by the disaster was Valerie Kalkoa, a single mother who only returned home two days ago after a second season with labour hire firm I Comply in the Burdekin region.He said she was part of his work family and was an 'amazing, beautiful soul'. 'In the lead up to Vanuatu's Independence Day she would get the team to rehearse their custom dances to perform — she just loved to dance and would lead that, teaching all the boys who had two left feet.Loading...She was shopping when the magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck. 'We have chat groups through our regions, and everyone is so sad, it is an absolute tragedy,' he said. 'She was a woman of faith, here for the sole purpose of supporting her son financially, and now he has lost his mother.With commercial flights back to Vanuatu cancelled, I Comply had to move workers to company accommodation in Toowoomba. The local Vanuatu cricket team, called the 'Vanthorpe', was going to forfeit the grand final this Saturday at Stanthorpe's CF White Oval.If the Stanthorpe cricket team wins this weekend's grand final, they will donate the prize money to Valerie's son.They are hoping for a victory so they can donate the $3,000 in prize money to help support her son, who is being cared for by his grandparents in Port Vil
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