Vanuatu Struggles to Recover From Cyclone Pam

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Relief agencies are struggling to assess the damage after Vanuatu declared a state of emergency.

Samuel, only his first name given, carries a ball through the ruins of their family home as his father, Phillip, at back, picks through the debris in Port Vila, Vanuatu in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam Monday, March 16, 2015. Vanuatu's President Baldwin Lonsdale said Monday that the cyclone that hammered the tiny South Pacific archipelago over the weekend was a "monster" that has destroyed or damaged 90 percent of the buildings in the capital and has forced the nation to start anew. (AP Photo/Dave Hunt, Pool) AP

March 15, 2015, 11:46 AM EDT / Updated March 16, 2015, 2:45 PM EDT

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