Although there were no serious injuries or deaths reported in the day after Wutip passed through Chuuk state, the storm damaged crops and water catchments, which are main sources of sustenance for hundreds of people in the outer islands of Chuuk state in the Federated States of Micronesia, according to Wilfred Robert, director of Chuuk Disaster and Emergency Operation Center.

Robert said while many islands were affected to varying degrees, the first area they intend to assess is the Pattiw subregion of Chuuk state. He said that area was “hit bad.”

Saturday afternoon, Robert’s office had some trouble getting information from the residents in Pattiw area through radio but he said the last he heard from them, many of the breadfruit trees, banana trees were down and saltwater from the storm ruined crops and water catchments.

Full extent of the damage remains unknown

The full extent of the damage is still not known because emergency officials have yet to visit the outer islands.

Robert said the government is working to get a boat to bring supplies to the residents in Pattiw region, which he said is home to about 200 to 400 people.

Robert said they’re working to get a boat out to the Pattiw region in the next 12 to 24 hours. Even so, the journey from Weno to the farthest island in Pattiw region would take at least 19 hours by boat, Robert said.

After assessing Pattiw, Robert said they hope to then bring supplies and food to Mortlocks, then Nomwinweito region, then the Hall region.

On Saturday, Robert said he was waiting on boats from the national government but in the meantime he said he’s also hoping to get some other boat owners to help bring supplies to the other islands to get food and fresh water to them as quickly as possible.

“I’m just concerned about the lives of the people out there,” Robert said. Robert said he got the green light from the governor to look at other options in order to get the supplies to affected residents quickly.

As soon as a boat is available, they can deploy a team of nine people, doctors and nurses including emergency officials and sanitation officials to bring food, water and supplies for shelters to people in the outer islands.

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Maymay Viti, who lives in Guam, said her uncle, who lives in Moch in the Mortlocks region, told her that his roof and his neighbor’s roof had been blown away.

“He said taro patches are also affected,” Viti said. “He told me most of what we rely on as source of food like taro, breadfruit, banana and coconut trees suffered the most damages.”

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The people on Moch still had internet connection and were able to send photos to worried family members in Guam and the mainland, Viti said. The photos showed a lot of trees and limbs uprooted and fallen.

A situation report from the Chuuk Disaster and Emergency Operation Center listed a number of damage reported in the islands. Most of the report states the storm destroyed homes, crops, livestock and brought flooding.