"Vanuatu provides lesson in how to survive a category five storm"
Posted by cypresstx on 3/20/2015, 8:46 am
Aid workers left amazed by the resilience of the islanders and the low death toll

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/cyclone-pam-vanuatu-provides-a-lesson-in-how-to-survive-a-category-five-storm-10120904.html


"Two days ago, a helicopter flight over the north of Efate revealed scenes of total devastation with at least one coastal village destroyed with no signs of life. When visited a day later, dozens of villagers were back rebuilding with what materials they could find and reporting only one injury, said Mr Barnes, who was in the Cayman Islands in 2004 when Hurricane Ivan hit.

"Everyone is just getting on with it, which was different from Cayman, where everyone just sat around waiting for something to be done," Mr Barnes said."
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