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A humanitarian disaster
© Janet & Darryl Lapaire
Humanitarian Crisis? Inability of yachts in French Polynesia to flee the cyclone zone
When the COVID-19 Pandemic struck, the impacts on people around the globe were immediate and significant. Economies were shuttered, people died by the hundreds, global travel stopped overnight with borders closing, and countries imposed restrictions on in