article_snippet: Aid and rescue efforts have been thrown into chaos with communication lines down across the mainland.
article_snippet: We know the communications are down, and the communications have to get those up first, but it is really hard,' Leanne Trueman told The Advertiser.
article_snippet: Aid and rescue efforts have been thrown into chaos with communication lines down across the mainland and its outer islands due to the cylone that's already claimed 24 lives . '
article_snippet: The challenge for us is that communications have been down,' Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told reporters in Canberra on Tuesday, adding a better assessment was likely with more Australian personnel now on the ground.
highlights_snippet: 'We know the communications are down...
highlights_snippet: the communications is really hard,' says Ally Trueman, 18, from Adelaide Mum .
  
highlights_snippet: Aid and rescue efforts are still in chaos with communication lines down .