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UK sends rescue team to Indonesia | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
The UK Department for International Development is sending a search and rescue team to Indonesia to join aid efforts after Wednesday's earthquake. | |
The specially trained personnel will fly to Padang with plastic sheeting, medical and water purifying equipment. | |
The 7.6-magnitude tremor struck the island of Sumatra, killing at least 770 people and injuring 2,400. | |
A number of UK groups are preparing aid efforts after the quake and a tsunami in the South Pacific on Tuesday. | |
Rescue workers in the Samoan islands and Tonga continue to search for survivors of the tsunami, which killed at least 149 people. | |
Details of the Department for International Development team, which will fly from London's Gatwick airport to Indonesia early on Friday, are still being finalised. | |
Safe drinking water may run out soon Inel RosnelliAid worker Indonesia quake deaths pass 750 Team in quake rescue mission | |
Meanwhile, 10 volunteers from the International Rescue Corps, based in Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, is preparing to fly out to Sumatra after being asked for help by the Indonesian government. | |
They will take specialist equipment including listening devices and camera systems which can penetrate rubble to search for trapped survivors in collapsed buildings. | They will take specialist equipment including listening devices and camera systems which can penetrate rubble to search for trapped survivors in collapsed buildings. |
Oxfam will send an emergency response team to Padang, the capital of West Sumatra province. | |
They will join staff from the charity's local partners who are distributing shelter tarpaulins, hygiene kits and clothes. | They will join staff from the charity's local partners who are distributing shelter tarpaulins, hygiene kits and clothes. |
Mechanical diggers to clear routes affected by mudslides and other debris are also being sent in. | Mechanical diggers to clear routes affected by mudslides and other debris are also being sent in. |
Landslides | |
The quake brought down hospitals, schools and shopping malls, cut power lines and triggered landslides. | |
A second, weaker, quake of 6.8 magnitude struck on Thursday but there were no immediate reports of further casualties or damage. | A second, weaker, quake of 6.8 magnitude struck on Thursday but there were no immediate reports of further casualties or damage. |
Inel Rosnelli, an aid worker in Padang, said: "Many people are still trapped in the buildings. | |
"Traffic cannot move because of the destruction. We have water today but safe drinking water may run out soon, the problem may also be sanitation." | "Traffic cannot move because of the destruction. We have water today but safe drinking water may run out soon, the problem may also be sanitation." |
Jane Cocking, Oxfam's humanitarian director, called on "the support of the British public to help us save lives in this grave tragedy. " | |
The earthquakes came in the wake of Typhoon Ketsana which swept through the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia at the end of September. | The earthquakes came in the wake of Typhoon Ketsana which swept through the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia at the end of September. |
It has flooded millions of homes and killed hundreds of people across the region. | It has flooded millions of homes and killed hundreds of people across the region. |
Oxfam is providing water and blankets, clothes and cleaning equipment in the Philippines as well as small cash grants. | Oxfam is providing water and blankets, clothes and cleaning equipment in the Philippines as well as small cash grants. |
Food, household items and water supplies are going to Vietnam. | Food, household items and water supplies are going to Vietnam. |
Emergency supplies and a team of staff are on the way to help victims of the tsunami in Samoa and Tonga. | Emergency supplies and a team of staff are on the way to help victims of the tsunami in Samoa and Tonga. |