Willie Williander

Willie Williander, director of the Chuuk Transportation Department, is in Honolulu for medical reasons and sat in on the meeting with his father, the former lieutenant governor of Chuuk.

Williander said many islands in the Chuuk chain are inaccessible except by small boat, and delivering aid to residents will be difficult.

All of the roads are washed out.All of the crops are affected.Stores are closed.