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A Category Five storm has never before been recorded this early in the season this side of the equator.

P&O Cruises confirmed to 9news.com.au that the passenger of the Pacific Adventure – the company's newest cruise liner – died at Mystery Island.

Multiple flights to Australia have been cancelled, leaving tourists stuck on the Pacific island.

According to the cruise company, the death appeared to be caused by a medical situation.

More than 600 Australian Defence Force personnel are on board HMAS Canberra and two RAAF aircrafts have already been deployed to provide aid to the pacific nation.

Back-to-back earthquakes have struck Vanuatu as the country prepares for its second major tropical cyclone in as many days.

Residents were barricading themselves inside as a red alert was issued by authorities in the country's capital Port Villa, meaning people shouldn't leave their homes unless absolutely necessary.

Micronesia warns the agreement "threatens to bring a new Cold War era at best, and a world war at worst."

A Pacific island country has banned outward travel from its main island for three days after a body washed ashore that later tested positive for COVID-19, Radio New Zealand has reported.

China is rapidly spreading its influence in the South Pacific by splashing cash in the countries which switch their diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to the communist superpower.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has made an agreement to fund projects in Pacific countries to make sure climate change does not affect island nations.

A powerful earthquake that struck in the southern Pacific Ocean this afternoon sent jitters around the region.

Vanuatu has been rocked by a strong earthquake.

The Australian Defence Force fears China will upset the power balance in the South Pacific if it builds a naval base in the region.

The Prince of Wales was greeted by traditional dancers and presented with a garland of flowers upon meeting the President of Vanuatu.

The government of Vanuatu has ordered the complete evacuation of an island where a volcano is on the verge of erupting.  

Plumes of smoke, ash and volcanic rock are spewing from Vanuatu's Monaro volcano ahead of a likely eruption.

More than 6000 people were moved to emergency shelters on Vanuatu's northern island Ambae in the South Pacific as a volcano threatens to erupt.

Mexico has been hit by its second deadly earthquake in as many weeks, killing hundreds and destroying large parts of the country’s capital.

Villagers on a remote Pacific island who worship Prince Philip believe a cyclone was the omen for the 95-year-old royal's retirement from public life.

The first Australian patients of a horror bus crash in Vanuatu have arrived back in Brisbane for treatment after being airlifted yesterday, following the collision between two vehicles which killed three locals.

A team of Australians are trying to raise money to help fund treatment for a Vanuatuan boy suffering from bone cancer.

Maintaining clean water has become the top priority in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu, more than a month after Cyclone Pam blew apart water tanks and contaminated wells, Oxfam says.

Vanuatu's president has pleaded with the world to help the cyclone-ravaged Pacific nation rebuild its "completely destroyed" infrastructure as aid agencies warned conditions were among the most challenging they have faced with fears of disease rife.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says no Australians have been reported dead in Vanuatu as the island nation reels from the impact of category 5 Cyclone Pam, its worst storm on record.