Editing Vanuatu (section)

====Tropical cyclones====
[[File:Вулкан Аоба.(Вануату).jpg|thumb|[[Manaro Voui]], the volcano on the island of [[Ambae]]]]

In March 2015, [[Cyclone Pam]] impacted much of Vanuatu as a Category&nbsp;5 severe tropical cyclone, causing deaths and extensive damage to all the islands. {{as of|2015|March|17}} the United Nations said the official death toll was 11 (six from [[Efate]] and five from [[Tanna (island)|Tanna]]), and 30&nbsp;were reported injured; these numbers were expected to rise as more remote islands reported back.<ref>{{cite web |first=Stephen |last=Coates |work=Reuters |date=17 March 2015 |access-date=18 March 2015 |title=Rescue teams reach cyclone-hit Vanuatu islands, official toll lowered |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-weather-vanuatu-cyclone-idUSKBN0MC1ZY20150317 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317231913/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/17/us-weather-vanuatu-cyclone-idUSKBN0MC1ZY20150317 |archive-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cyclone devastates South Pacific islands of Vanuatu |url=http://bbc.com/news/world-asia-31883712 |date=14 March 2015 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=14 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314193923/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31883712 |archive-date=14 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Vanuatu lands minister [[Ralph Regenvanu]] said, "This is the worst disaster to affect Vanuatu ever as far as we know."<ref name=guardian-worst>{{cite web |author=Joshua Robertson |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=15 March 2015 |access-date=18 March 2015 |title=Cyclone Pam: Vanuatu awaits first wave of relief and news from worst-hit islands |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/15/cyclone-pam-death-toll-may-reach-50-in-port-vila-alone-as-full-impact-still-unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108064001/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/15/cyclone-pam-death-toll-may-reach-50-in-port-vila-alone-as-full-impact-still-unknown |archive-date=8 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April 2020, [[Cyclone Harold]] travelled through the Espiritu Santo town of Luganville, causing great material damage there and on at least four islands.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ives|first=Mike|date=7 April 2020|title=Powerful Cyclone Rips Through Vanuatu, Cutting Communications|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/world/australia/cyclone-harold-vanuatu.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407092859/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/world/australia/cyclone-harold-vanuatu.html |archive-date=2020-04-07 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=10 August 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>