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Uwen Garae surveys his destroyed house on March 16, 2015 in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Cyclone Pam hit the South Pacific islands with hurricane-force winds, huge ocean swells and flash flooding. (Photo by Dave Hunt-Pool/Getty Images)

Commonwealth urges immediate action to support vulnerable island nations

A cyclone, or a hurricane, can knock a small or at-risk country off its growth trajectory for years, if not decades

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read