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Aid workers training in New Zealand paint a grim picture of resettlement camps in Santo island, where most of Ambae's former residents were forced to flee to in August.
Flimsy and leaky tents made using materials already weathered from 2015's Cyclone Pam house thousands, reflecting the struggles of an under-resourced National Disaster Management Office.
Kevin Kapalu from World Vision Vanuatu says thousands of evacuees remaining on Santo are already suffering because of heavy rainfall.
"If there's a big rain, amount of rainfall, they'll actually get flooded and be up all night. And their beddings, their stuffs, their clothes will actually be wet."
But, with another three months of the South Pacific cyclone season to go, Mr Kapulu says the evacuees are at serious risk.
"It will be another challenge if there's another cyclone within this cyclone period, then that will add another disaster on top, so they will become more vulnerable."
Mr Kapulu says over the past few months, around 2,000 people have returned home to Ambae, ignoring official advice at the time not to.
Earlier this month, the government finally gave the green light, backing a plan to support the safe return of residents.
However, many have already established new lives on other islands, including Santo, where some have bought new land but have no money to build on it.
Mr Kapulu says nearly six months after the mass-evacuation, Ambaeans are still feeling vulnerable and stressed out.
"Just imagine standing in a pool of water inside your house, whole night. How would you feel, would that be comfortable for you?"
Another World Vision Vanuatu worker, Joanna Halili, says many evacuation shelters are increasingly overcrowded.
"We have extra people coming in and it's quite a stress for the family, because we have like another 10 people on top of another five, then it will be like 10 and there will only be like two people having job, then using only one toilet."
Meanwhile, hundreds of people on nearby Ambrym island are being relocated and may have to be moved off-island because of eruptions from two volcanoes there.
