PNG: Relief workers on the ground in flood hit province

Updated November 23, 2007 17:19:23

Disaster relief workers have begun the first major assessment of what's needed in Papua New Guinea's Oro Province. The remote region was hit earlier this week by Cyclone Guba, causing an estimated 200 deaths.Two Australian Airforce Hercules have arrived in PNG with relief supplies, and this morning staff from Oxfam, Worldvision and Red Cross have been been doing aerial and ground surveys of the affected area.

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Presenter: Campbell Cooney
Speakers: Rebekah Vince, Oxfam logistics Co-Ordinator