Disaster assessment teams

Big cleanup effort anticipated in northern Vanuatu from ex-Cyclone Donna

Based on the latest reports, the Country Director for CARE in Vanuatu, Megan Chisholm, says it appears it is the small communities in the Torres Islands that have suffered the most.

According to Chisholm, assessment teams were flying out today to get on the ground.

“But the NDMO and the Red Cross have got some information, there is a doctor called the Flying Doctor who has reportedly done fly overs and those initial reports of damage are from the island of Torres has been very significant,” she told Pacific Beat.