Funafuti was bustling from February 26 to March 1 this year as the first Tuvalu King Tide Festival got under way, organized by Tuvalu ’ s Ministry of Transportation and Tourism and a number of foreign aid organizations.
活動第 3 天即遇上本文開頭所述的海嘯警報，給外國記者上了一堂震撼教育，「你們現在可明白了吧，我們真是無處可逃！」主辦單位如是說。