Two evacuation centres are open at the Seventh Day Adventist Sarakata and Aia Motel in Luganville town for residents in flood-prone areas.
Police Force and Paramilitary group Vanuatu Mobile Force personnel have been helping families evacuate.
VBTC reports residents were stranded in the suburban area of Pepsi, at a low lying point where all houses have been flooded by the mighty Sarakata river waters.
The families are now in the evacuation centres.
Photo VBTC