article_snippet: Thousands of people have been left homeless and many who rely on subsistence farming to get by have seen Thousands of people main source of food wiped out.
article_snippet: What the people depend on entirely is just wiped out.
article_snippet: In one valley, trees were snapped in two or stripped of leaves.
article_snippet: A lack of electricity and running water hasn't stopped residents from starting the hard work of clearing away fallen trees and branches, as well as the corrugated metal roofing that Pam ripped off thousands of buildings.
article_snippet: The sound of chainsaws and handsaws can be heard throughout the shell-shocked community.
article_snippet: Many people now lack the basics of life: clean water, food and shelter.
article_snippet: Homes have been lost, crops are destroyed.