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Tuvalu hit with US$90m cyclone damage bill

Source(s): Radio New Zealand International
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Tuvalu says it needs an estimated US$92 million US dollars to re-build after Tropical Cyclone Pam, reports Radio New Zealand. In a speech opening Tuvalu's parliament, the Governor General Sir Iakoba Taeia Italeli said the cyclone damaged food crops and vegetation, water shortages, homes, infrastructure, and property.

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