widespread devastation particularly damage along the coastline as one can imagine with the water being so close. in the city there is varying levels of development. the topography there is quite hilly so there are parts that have been literally swamped we have also been completely flooded and most vehicles are not able to travel. homes have been fairly demolished. there are images of peoples backyards that have been split in two, peoples homes have been split in two parts and it is worse because landscape is quite flat and because i have been floods more recently in south africa and there the ground is quite hard so when the rainfall came it was almost like the rainfall fell on tar roads but this is on gravel roads.
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