The President of Vanuatu is calling for help, after the passage of Hurricane Pam terrible weekend. It destroyed everything in its path, leaving a desolate landscape of this archipelago of 83 islands.
Experts are already comparing to Pam Haiyan typhoon that ravaged the Philippines in 2013.
Very excited, the President of Vanuatu, traveling to Japan, ironically, a conference on disasters, called for international help:
"People are not yet out, the president said Baldwin Lonsdale. They are still desperate upset. It will take time before they rely. The people of the Republic of Vanuatu now need humanitarian assistance. "
The balance sheet is 8 dead. But it could rise because small islands that make up this remote archipelago in the South Pacific are difficult to reach.
At the capital airport flights were scheduled to resume on Monday to deliver aid and evacuate the tourists.
"It's devastating, said a young tourist. This magnificent five-star resort is only a ruin. "
"The people of Vanuatu is decimated," said, in tears, another tourist.
The urgency now is drinking water, food, and fight against epidemics. For the president, "climate change" has a responsibility in this disaster. He noted the rise of sea levels, and weather changes.
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