1.   But thwarted by impenetrable mangrove swamps, authorities decided to abandon the attempt to retrieve bodies and will seal off the area around Sissano lagoon.

2.   Four villages built on exposed sand spits were washed into the lagoon, which remains littered with bodies caught in impenetrable mangroves.

3.   The lagoon remains clogged with bodies caught in impenetrable mangroves or which are breaking loose from underwater debris and resurfacing.

4.   Thwarted by impenetrable mangrove swamps, authorities decided to abandon the attempt to retrieve bodies and will seal off the area around Sissano lagoon.