I've been mainly listening to this all unfolding on the radio and must say I haven't yet heard any mention of any official presence other than the front line emergency services. There's understandably a lot of chaos on the scene with large numbers of well meaning volunteers trying to do their bit etc. but seemingly nobody really overseeing what's going on and organising the relief effort on the ground. Surely someone in officialdom ought to be co-ordinating all this and if they're not, why not?
