The full scale of the devastation in Nepal is only just beginning to come to light leaving the country facing a host of challenges.

Acting Prime Minister Bill English told Parliament that New Zealand stood with the international community in readiness to help.

The number of New Zealanders unaccounted for in Nepal is down to single figures, Foreign Minister Murray McCully says.

Hundreds of climbers remained trapped on Everest yesterday as rescue teams raced to mount an evacuation before supplies run out.

The first smoke of the funeral pyres was wafting over what remained of Nepal's magnificent Hindu temples.

A leading charity has warned it could be years before Nepal fully recovers from the deadly earthquake that ripped through the country on Saturday.

Three days after the deadly earthquake that claimed more than 3700 lives, several New Zealand families continue to wait for news of their loved ones.

Hundreds of thousands of people spent a second night out of doors in Kathmandu last night as severe aftershocks continued to terrify people.

The big earthquake that rocked Nepal was another violent by-product of an ancient, geological scrum between two giant land masses.

A World Vision staffer has told about the scenes in Nepal following the devastating earthquake.

Further New Zealand aid has arrived in Vanuatu to help in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam.

A week on from Cyclone Pam some sense of normality has returned - at least in the capital, Port Vila.

The Syrian conflict is one of several emergencies World Vision is responding to.

The threat of disease from dirty water has affected "absolutely everybody" in Vanuatu in the wake of Cyclone Pam.

A state of emergency remains in place in the Chatham Islands, where ex-cyclone Pam is still causing rough weather.

The first aid planes arrived to find scenes of "utter destruction" on the Vanuatu island of Tanna, where residents are in desperate need of emergency supplies.

Desperate villagers on an outlying cyclone-flattened Vanuatu island have marked out a "H" for help to attract the attention of planes flying over.

The first aid planes arrived to find scenes of "utter destruction" on the Vanuatu island of Tanna, four days after taking a direct hit from Cyclone Pam.

The Chatham Islands has felt the brunt of ex-tropical Cyclone Pam overnight and more damaging winds and sea surges are expected throughout the day.

Doctors at the hospital performed an emergency caesarean in the middle of the cyclone - and delivered a baby they named Pamela.

Cyclone Pam has come with a silver lining for many farmers, bringing much-needed rain to most parts of the North Island.

Damaging winds and sea surges from ex-tropical Cyclone Pam are escalating as the storm batters the Chatham Islands today.

Chatham Islands Mayor Alfred Preece said a state of emergency was declared yesterday to ensure all residents were prepared.