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Madleen Ben describes her family's experience of Cyclone Pam in Silimaori, Moru, Ambrym, Vanuatu.

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Ale inou nitumul husil melele xa vatiang bas xamem.
E Abrim metimel nametel smol stesen be Silimaori. Melele matadi ba duxol miloh vena piniai, e vatiang mei miseten; vatiang mei miseten, naleh tuvava navan xatel matbe nim, matsak ni sisien tei mabus. Matadi nasak pelei rong mametel matapat; tati natel ba di mikuk ni his ametel de hulute pavah.
Matadi nim ma matapat pisi, e e vatiang mei miseten migehik. Mileh uvuei xil usil xil bemei tim; uvuei mikital go, meang del rihap te nim, bemei ni xametel nim; naleh tuvava navan xil masoh makei. Makes tati nae bemei; mei pou ngan xa hokkorong xie Jon luloh ludiamu lube nim ma tati natel xa val, Simon. Ba ba ludi di miloh mun bemei, midel, mideli tutut atuli navan del horamue nen sung lataloh lataba, Papara xal Yaxley.
Ba latdi nim di mikei bit "xouk sung ammei!"
Inou nabit "misakras namat vena vatiang migehik!"
Taem xa nastal nasoh puiteh, naketteh vatiang gur vul lit ahii xa val, misoso ni bemei mileli nim mametel, mei misoket vari de heilep te na vul del nim mametel. Napusi mak, uluk mikan, naloh mun nabe nim.
Tati natel mikei bit "ammei!"
Nabit "misakras namat, xouk ammei ni nou!"
Nasak, nasak, nasakras. Ma mak tang nadalxat palaket ma tutut tuvava navan, napo xat na neta suka, di nadal xat ateli namel, naloh dela vatiang gehi gehik, gehik, gehik; naba ba matdi nim.
Di matkes tati nametel bit "xouk sung ammei, upo his xa okuk ni del hulute iaxai ummei!"
E xi bitene "his taameses ti, pavah meru ngamu!"
Mataloh ba matbe nim, matasak vena neta wido xil ak, vatiang miseten tang, mileh rat kava xil xa matetii tekoxol wido xil. Xamem vus masoh madit mak tang. Mataarotan ti, mataapat ti, madivin tututen xil ngasen labe sto vengen xa na sto mabe sef vuteili. E siting rum be open dat mak tang, xamem vus masoh.
Yaxley xal ne Silvie lupo na katen tei tang tena soliar, ba lutii xat, ba lutii xati de wido; us bas katen ma katen merer be tan. Latpo pak te metu tei sung, mattii koxole de na wido. Mattii koxole, e e, suhil bas ratel holu ma matbulun plaget te tei xil xat eilep xil ak, di mattii xati de wido. Matasak tama be matsakras; napo plaget tei ba nasoso ni be pe na wido ena us di, suhil di ba en ni na neta plaget, e di mita di ba en. Maba ba madi masak ni sisien tei, mapolni famili wosip vongien, masis makikei mabus.
Madi madi ma, vatiang taave tan ti mapolni be va lu nen, ma masak ni sisien tei mun ma bus. E Ahii taamaen xamem ti xa valeh rat kava, kava xil ak galeial galeial bus ti, Ahii taamaen xametel ti. Vengen matdi smol stesen, ut tovuol mun matoloh matohaen.
Ba ma ba duxol na leven xos e mei mikkat. Mei mikkat, makes tati nalu del Tomas, mabitene "xamil luha luleh his xa mukuk ni, mulpo reis xa de pavah na Netty immei ratsi ratoanien."
Xalu lubitene "vatiang gehik, misakras moletin vehe hale vengen ratel tim saratel kava holu."
Misak ni inou nagur pisket tei tang, namue nakipasi, natleh lemon, ma namue neta ni tuvava navan xatel latmu ni, xil ngasen lamu na lemon ok tang lagani del piskit. Anien ok da duxol tu aklok maakue vatiang be tan vuteili mastal ba maleh anien sung mei maga anien natekuk ni tin. E visi xa ipoue xa vatiang migehik, tin mirehi turei maakue e mak tang tuten xil lamea ni maakue, lagani del his xa del hulute rute, temat tang e mak tang lagani. Magani ba duxol maakue ma bus, mapolni sisien tei mun ma bus, mammes Ahii vengen xa milaxat xamem taamaen ti na meulien namem vehe kil vongien ba duxol maakue, mastal mapusi xa e ut miah bos xamem vusien madi bos tang.
Xos nganak be hoxalite tena tumulien tena vatiang xa tehas xamem, nammesuk.

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ale mi bae mi storian folem taem we saeklon i kilim mifala · long Ambrym vilij blong mifala smol station hemi Silimaori · taem mifala i stap i go kasem metel dei · be saeklon i kam strong saeklon i kam strong mi karem ol pikinini blong mi mifala i go insaed long haos · mifala i mekem wan prea finis · mifala i stap mi mekem gud bed blong mifala mifala i silip papa blong olgeta i go stap kukum banana wetem skin long kijin · mifala i stap long haos gogo mifala i slip be no hariken i kam strong moa · i karem ol lif lif kokonas i kam long haos ol lif i go tru long · tufala saed blong haos i kam from mifala long haos mi karem ol pikinini blong mi mifal ai stanap singaot · mifala i singaotem papa blong olgeta i kam karem smol wan Jon tufala i ron i go fastaem long haos blong bigfala papa blong olgeta Simon · tufala i go stap afta i ron i kam bak · hemi pulum smol gel blong mi wetem boe oli ron oli go Babbara mo Yaxley · oli go stap long haos afta hemi singaot se yu nao yu kam · mi talem se mi no save kam from win i strong · mi lukluk hariken i brokem wan bigfala branis blong nakavika i sakem i kam i bitim haos blong mifala i kam sperem logn metel blong wel wetem haos blong mifala · mi luk olsem mi fraet mi ron bakagen mi go insaed long haos papa blong olgeta i singaot se yu kam! · mi se mi no save kam yu yu kam from mi mi traem traem mi no save · be olsem nomo mi holem blanket blong smol boe blong mi mi holem suga · afta mi holem basket blong mitufala mi ron witem hariken i strong i stron gwe i strong mifal ai go stap long haos · afta mifala i singaotem papa blong mifala se yu nao yu kam yu karem banana we yu kukum wetem skin ia yu kam · be hem i se banana i no tan kijin i foldaon finis · mifala i ron i go insaed mifala i stap traem ol windo hariken i strong nomo · hemi karemoat ol kapa we oli bin nilim long ol windo · mifala evriwan i stanap i stap nomo olsem · mifala i no sidaon mifala i no silip mifala i pusum evri pikinini oli go long sto from sto hemi sef · be sitting room hemi open nomo i stap olsem mifala evri wan i stanap · Yaxley mo Silvie tufala i karem katen blong solar i go nilim · tufala i go nilim long windo ren i wasem katen gogo katen i wetwet i go daon · oli karem wan bag kopra mifala i nilim blokem windo · mifala i nilim be no swel i kam insaed plante so mifala i foldem wan bigfala blanket mo nilim long windo · mifala i traem gogo i no save mi karem wan blanket mi pusum i go andinit long windo mo ren i stap · swell i stap kam long windo i stap drop i go long hem · mifala i go stap mifala i mekem family wosip long naet mifala i singsing prea finis · mifala i stap gogo hariken i go daon mifala i mekem tu taem mifal ai prea finis · be God i no letem mifala from ol kapa oli muv muv be God i no letem mifala · from mifala i stap long smol station i nomo gat ples blong mifala i ron i go long hem i go kasem · ating eleven be hangri i kik · hangre i kik mifala i singaotem papa blong tufala wetem Thomas se yutufala i go karem banana we yutufala i kukum · yutufala i karem rice we i stap long kijin blong Netty i kam yumi stikim yumi kakae · tufala i talem se win i strong man i no save go aotsaed from yumi haos blong yumi i gat plante kapa · i mekem se mi mi bin karem wan biskit nomo i bin karem lemon · so mi mekem trifala pikinini blo mi i dring evri piknini oli dring lemon ia wetem bisket · kakae ia i stap kasem tu oklok long moning hriken i go daon smol mifala i go karem kakae i kam nao mifal ai kakae mi bin kukum aelan kabis · be hu bae i go karem we hariken i strong aelan kabis i no gud finis be olsem nomo ol pikinini oli gohed long hem long moning · oli kakae wetem banana be sam i no tan be olsem nomo oli kakae · mifala i kakae kasem long moning mifala i mekem wan prea blong talem tankyu long God from hemi lukaotem mifala i no letem eni samting · laef blong mifala i no kill long naet kasem moning mifala i kamaot i luk ples i klia gud mifala evriwan i stap gud nomo · ating hemia hemi en blong storian blong saeklon we i bin kilim mifala tankyu ·

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Okay I'm going to talk about the time the cyclone hit us · on Ambrym. Our village, small village, is Silimaori. · when we were there and it was coming up to midday · and the cyclone got strong, when the cyclone got strong I took my children and we went into the house. · We prayed and finished praying · We stayed and I made our beds and we slept. Their father went and was cooking our bananas in their skins in the kitchen · We stayed in the house then we slept a bit but no the cyclone was getting stronger and stronger · It took the leaves, the coconut leaves into the house, the leaves went through · both sides of the it came into our house, I took my children and we stood and called · We called their Dad back be came and carried the little one here Jon, they ran ahead to the house of their big Daddy Simon · They go and he's running back again · He pulls my little girl and boy and then they run over Barbara and Yaxley · They go stop at the house then he calls 'You come now!' · I said I can't go there because the wind is too strong. When I come out and stand in the door · I saw the wind break off a big branch of the big breadfruit tree, it threw it into our house, it can and speared it at once in the middle of the well and the house · I saw all this I was scared I ran again I went into the house their father called come! · I said I can't go, you come for me. I tried and tried, I couldn't · Then just like this I held my little baby's blanket I held tight to the um what sugar · Then I held our basket I ran wiht it the wind was strong strong strong strong, I went and got to the house · Then we called our Daddy and said "you now come and carry the bananas that you cooked with their skins here and come" · but he said the bananas weren't ready, the kitchen had fallen down already · We ran inside the house we tried these windows the wind was just strong · It pulled off the corrugated iron that we'd nailed to the windows · We all just stood there like this · We didn't sit down, we didn't sleep we put all the children into the store because um in the store we were a bit safer · but the sitting room we open, it was just like this, we all stood there · Yaxley and Silvie got um just a carton from the solar and the went and nailed it · They go and nail it to the window, the rain hits the carton then the carton gets wet and falls down · they got a copra bag then we nailed it on the window · We nailed it up but no the swell hit us lots then we folded up a blanket one of those big ones and we nailed it to the window · We kept trying but we couldn't. I got a blanket and went and stuck it under the window but the rain stayed · The swell was going in to um what the blanket and it was dropping into it · we went and we were doing a prayer, we did family worship at night, we prayed we sang we finished · We stayed and stayed and the cyclone didn't go down. We did the same thing twice more than we did another prayer and then finished · but God didn't abandon us even though the corrugated could've come out, all the corrugated iron was shaking and shaking already, God didn't abandon us · because we stayed in the small village, there was nowhere else to run to, it got to · um eleven maybe then we got hungry · we were hungry so we called their Daddy and Tomas and said 'you two go carry the bananas you cooked · You two get the rice that's in Netty's kitchen here we'll serve it and eat it · They said the wind is too strong, no one can go outside because us, our homes have too much corrugated iron · Which made it so I had got just one biscuit, I um I broke it and I'd got a lemon · then I did um what with it my children drank it they all just drank this um lemon they ate it with biscuit · This food lasted until two o'clock in the morning the wind went down a bit, we went out and went and got the food then came and ate the food I'd cooked island cabbage · but who would go get it the wind was strong. The cabbage was bad already in the morning but just like that the children went at it in the morning · They ate them with the bananas in their skins but some had been just taken out but they ate them like this · We ate it reached morning then we did a prayer again then we thanked God because he looked after us he didn't let · our lives end through the night till morning. We came out we saw that the place was good and clear we were all okay. · Maybe that's the end of the story of the wind that has hit us thank you ·

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