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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: 8 Confirmed Deaths, More Likely As Cyclone Pam Hits Vanuatu [Watch (HLS stream): 8 Confirmed Deaths, More Likely As Cyclone Pam Hits Vanuatu](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/SjYk2gV7.m3u8) (1:03)  _Published 2015-03-14. The island nation of Vanuatu suffered a direct hit from Cyclone Pam Saturday. The U.N. and other regional agencies are dispatching aid teams._ --- Jul 27, 2023 6:02 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Know Right Now: Cyclone Devastates Vanuatu](/video/EFlugwUQ/) ### Know Right Now: Cyclone Devastates Vanuatu [Aftermath of Cyclone Pam - Port Vila](/video/NgF10oRH/) ### Aftermath of Cyclone Pam - Port Vila [Cyclone Pam Bears Down on Vanuatu](/video/gW6eK4eH/) ### Cyclone Pam Bears Down on Vanuatu --- ## Transcript At least 8 people are dead after Cyclone Pam made landfall on Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu on Saturday. The storm lashed Vanuatu with heavy rainfall and winds of up to 170 miles per hour. Aid agency officials have confirmed eight deaths from the storm so far, with that number expected to increase as communities assess the damage. The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs published unconfirmed reports of as many as 44 deaths in one outlying province. What we do know is that this tropical cyclone was. [ UNKNOWN ] to [ UNKNOWN ] Vanuatu. At the last minute it seems to have changed course and hit populated areas. This is basically a worse- case scenario because the eye of the cyclone has basically just split the island chain right down the middle. And so a lot of the more populated islands have been. Hit head on with the direct hit. One UNICEF official said in terms of damage to infrastructure, Pam could end up being" one of the worst [ weather disasters ] in Pacific history ". Australia's foreign minister, Julie Bishop, said her country's government is preparing aid. And New Zealand has earmarked more than $ 700, 000 in aid funding for the islands. The Solomon Islands and New Zealand are under a tropical cyclone warning, as Pam moved south. Forecasters say the storm reached maximum intensity on Friday, and is beginning to weaken. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"8 Confirmed Deaths, More Likely As Cyclone Pam Hits Vanuatu","description":"The island nation of Vanuatu suffered a direct hit from Cyclone Pam Saturday. The U.N. and other regional agencies are dispatching aid teams.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/SjYk2gV7/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-14T14:21:12.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/SjYk2gV7.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/SjYk2gV7/","duration":"PT1M3S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/SjYk2gV7/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```