12 Feb 2018

Samoa faces months of cleaning up after cyclone hits

From Morning Report, 6:41 am on 12 February 2018

The devastation wrought by Cyclone Gita in Samoa is expected to take months to clean-up. Some parts of the country are still underwater as emergency teams work to restore power and running water to thousands of households affected by Gita. RNZ Pacific's correspondent, Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia, told RNZ Pacific's Moera Tuilaepa that children have been told to stay home from school, and health officIals have put out warnings about sanitation and the spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever.