“People are really upset and it’s really hard, just because for the last couple of years, we haven’t received a really big cyclone like this one,” pagsasalaysay ni Isso Nihmei, Vanuatu coordinator ng environmental and crisis response group na s350. “Most people right now, they are really homeless.”
“’Yung ilang residente kumakain na lang ng karton (cardboard box). Inilulubog na lang nila sa tubig para lumambot, tapos kakainin nila,” sabi ni Zia Alonto, tagapagsalita ng provincial crisis management committee, batay sa kuwento ng mga na-rescue sa Marawi. “Nakakalungkot. Hindi maubos-maisip na mangyayari ang ganito sa kanila.” WALANG KATAPUSANG PAGHIHINTAY