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Australian search, rescue teams arrive in quake-hit Vanuatu

Published: 06:12 PM,Dec 19,2024 | EDITED : 10:12 PM,Dec 19,2024

Medical workers attend to a rescued woman on a stretcher following a strong earthquake in Port Vila, Vanuatu, December 18, 2024, in this screengrab taken from a social media video. Jeremy Ellison/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
 
Medical workers attend to a rescued woman on a stretcher following a strong earthquake in Port Vila, Vanuatu, December 18, 2024, in this screengrab taken from a social media video. Jeremy Ellison/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
SYDNEY: Australian rescue and medical teams have reached Vanuatu, authorities said, where at least 14 people including one French and two Chinese nationals were killed and hundreds were injured in a 7.3 magnitude earthquake two days ago. France’s Ambassador Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer confirmed the death of a French national, Vincent Goiset, a resident in Vanuatu who was killed under the rubble of a collapsed building in the city centre.French and Australian rescue teams are searching for survivors at a collapsed building, where eight to 15 people are buried, with some confirmed dead, he wrote. — Reuters