Just after midnight on Sabbath morning, ADRA opened an evacuation center at the Seventh-day Adventist Church headquarters in Apia and provided shelter for more than 200 people who were forced to flee their homes.
The country is facing widespread flooding, power blackouts, lack of fresh water and limited road access.
“ADRA is working with the Red Cross to provide meals and accommodation as well as working with the government to undertake rapid damage assessments of the two islands of Savai’i and Upolu,” an ADRA spokesperson said.
