Australian search, rescue teams arrive in quake-hit Vanuatu

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