Aid providers cannot be without communications from the outset

Marco Serronha, a military specialist at CNN Portugal, analyses the role of the armed forces on the ground after the destruction caused by Storm Kristin, noting that, more than a week on, there are still villages without communications and that the Army and the Red Cross have been bringing the Starlink system to the most isolated areas. “Organisations that provide aid cannot be without communications from day one; they must have autonomy, they must have capabilities, and the only thing that survives in this is the satellite — there is no other alternative,” Marco Serronha says.