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job helping provide labour for the clean-up, Reynolds said, but numbers can be hit and miss.

“One weekend you might get 30 people who come in to help and next weekend you might get two. And it’s so weather-dependent.”

Reynolds said ultimately it is failed infrastructure in the region that needs to be addressed.

“How are we going to become more resilient so this doesn’t happen again? Obviously we are going to get cyclones, but we need to prevent the situation where people are losing everything in one night.

“Something needs to be done.”