Richard Kegoy
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It's quite a very catastrophic situation. There seems to be extensive damage. Lots of homes have been destroyed. Power lines have been brought down. Roads have been cut off. In fact, even the international airport also witnessed significant damage. Over 100 rescuers and firefighters have been mobilized from the Reunion Territory south of Amayot.
Global News Podcast
South Korea's president impeached
and also those who had been dispatched even from France. So the situation is dire. Details are still very scanty at the moment.
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South Korea's president impeached
Yeah, you know, homes that have been not quite properly built and that are usually erected on some very sloppy highlands. So that really makes them quite vulnerable, especially when you have extreme weather. And what I was hearing from the majority of the residents there, because there was a very devastating cyclone in 1984, and that's a cyclone Kamisi. And a lot of them still remember that.
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South Korea's president impeached
And a lot of them are really quite despondent right now. It's quite a very desperate situation for them. We don't know how long this is really going to take them to recover because you're looking at more than 100,000 residents are really being affected by this. The majority of them right now are just been sheltering in schools and gyms which are just turned into shelters.
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South Korea's president impeached
Well, the Comoros, it's only just towards the southern bits of the island that were affected because there was a bit of communication that was done by the weather authorities there, the meteorological departments, you know, just wanting people to remain in solid shelters and ships just to make sure that they are anchored on the harbour.
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South Korea's president impeached
Right now, as it's tracking westwards towards Mozambique, it seems like it's going to be getting a bit intense as it makes a landfall to the northern parts of Mozambique, specifically in Ampola province. And possibly it's going to lose, maybe become a bit weak as it heads even towards the southern parts of Malawi and the northern parts of Zimbabwe.
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South Korea's president impeached
So people in the region are just really on edge at the moment.