could happen from unclean water, like waterborne diseases. thank you for speaking like waterborne diseases. thank you for speaking to like waterborne diseases. thank you for speaking to us, like waterborne diseases. thank you for speaking to us, katie like waterborne diseases. thank you | for speaking to us, katie greenwood. two british teenagers are still being questioned, as part of the investigation into a hostage taking incident at a synagogue in texas on saturday. british citizen malik faisal akram from blackburn, was shot dead by police after a ten hour siege. 0ur reporter nick garnett sent this report from blackburn this morning. the two people arrested on sunday evening remain in custody, very little is known about then, to be honest. we know they were arrested in the south of manchester, we don t know their age or gender and we don t know why they were arrested at this stage, if there was any direct link between then and malik faisal akram. however, they are being ques
beautiful girl, she is irreplaceable. offers from new zealand and australia to help tonga are being complicated by the covid pandemic. the island nation is currently covid free and it wants to stay that way. they have had disasters during the pandemic previously, from cyclones and hurricanes, and what they did then was just air drop supplies in and there was no physical contact or interaction between, say, troops and the local forces. a century ago, nearly one in ten tongans died in the 1918 flu pandemic. any reluctance now to ask for help would not be without reason. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, tokyo. i m joined now by katie greenwood, she heads the international red cross s pacific delegation, and joins us from suva in fiji.
there, katie greenwood. what has been the impact? international red cross have been urgently trying to re establish communication international red cross have been urgently trying to re establish communication with international red cross have been urgently trying to re establish communication with red international red cross have been urgently trying to re establish communication with red cross international red cross have been urgently trying to re establish communication with red cross teams on the ground for about 24 hours. we had some initial contact with our teams just after the major eruption, and when the tsunami alert had been raised, our teams were supporting local authorities to move people to the very limited higher ground on the very limited higher ground on the main island in tonga. we do know that, we know also that there has been some significant damage in the northern shore of the main island in tonga, and we are very keen to hear from the low lying and outer atolls cl
because the quarantine rules are extremely strict. three weeks on arrival. the other concern is contaminated water. here s katie greenwood from the red cross again. the drinking water is the number one issue and for that reason our red cross teams on the ground are certainly active now distributing hygiene kits and purifying small amounts of household water and some of the relief items coming in on some of those flights and ships and our baked water purification models that can pump out between 100000 and 500,000 l of water per day so that is good for community use and debts would be fair in the coming days because that is going to stop ongoing effects of other disasters that might happen as a result of unclean water such as waterborne diseases and things like that.
buildings were completely inundated. there are concerns many people living in low lying villages may have been swept away. significant damage has been reported on the western coast of main island tonga tapu, which is covered in a thick layer of ash. katie greenwood is coordinating the red cross response from fiji. these are her concerns. the good news for us is that we believe that from the information we can put together that it is not as catastrophic in those major population centres as we first thought that it might be. so that s really good news. but the team there on the ground, what they are doing at the moment is they have been supporting evacuations to bring the immediate crisis of the eruption and the tsunami warning, they ll be doing first aid as required. and now the job will be to assess the damage. they have urgent relief items required for households for things like clean water, shoring up their homes and shelters if they ve been damaged.