The United Nations is sending emerging rapid response units to Vanuatu after a powerful typhoon battered the Pacific island nation.
Aid official say they fear widespread casualties as typhoon Pam triggered flash floods on Vanuatu- one of several islands hit by the category five storm.
William Denselow reports from the United Nations in New York.
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