Vanuatu 'monster' was climate change - president

A “monster” that hit Vanuatu has been attributed to climate change.

Vanuatu's President Baldwin Lonsdale -
it's climate change.

The island nation’s President Baldwin Lonsdale, has described the category five cyclone Pam as ‘a monster that has hit Vanuatu’, wiping out development.

Speaking after Cyclone Pam ripped through his nation, President Lonsdale said climate change was contributing to more extreme weather conditions and cyclone seasons.

President Lonsdale told a United Nations world conference in Sendai, Japan, on Monday, that the storm was a major setback for the people, virtually wiping out Vanuatu’s development.

A story in The Guardian headed: “Cyclone Pam: Vanuatu's president blames climate change for extreme weather” told of the storm.