CYCLONE PAM, which devastated the archipelago nation of Vanuatu on Friday March 13th, was the worst storm to hit the South Pacific since at least Cyclone Zoe in 2002. Sustained winds of 165 mph (265 km/h) hit the archipelago, as well as Kiribati, Tuvalu and the Solomon Islands. Over 90% of the buildings in Vanuatu's main island have been destroyed and all recent development has been wiped out, says the country's president. As many as 100,000 people-a third of the population-are homeless, and at least 11 people are known to have died. Those numbers will likely rise as relief efforts eventually reach the rest of its 65 inhabitated islands. Reconstruction in an already poor country will be costly and is likely to take years.