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| Sumatra relief effort increased | Sumatra relief effort increased |
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| Nearly a week after a deadly earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra, efforts are being stepped up to get relief supplies to remote communities. | Nearly a week after a deadly earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra, efforts are being stepped up to get relief supplies to remote communities. |
| Some have not yet received any help; others may be left as mass graves as efforts focus on helping the living. | Some have not yet received any help; others may be left as mass graves as efforts focus on helping the living. |
| The Red Cross told the BBC that food, shelter and clean water were urgently needed. | The Red Cross told the BBC that food, shelter and clean water were urgently needed. |
| More than 1,000 people have died but thousands more are thought to be missing. | More than 1,000 people have died but thousands more are thought to be missing. |
| Officials in the earthquake-hit city of Padang have now called off the search for survivors - and efforts to find survivors in other areas are also being scaled down. | Officials in the earthquake-hit city of Padang have now called off the search for survivors - and efforts to find survivors in other areas are also being scaled down. |
| Global help | Global help |
| Patrick Fuller of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, says electricity and clean water are key | Patrick Fuller of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, says electricity and clean water are key |
| A group of British aid agencies are launching a national appeal - to raise funds for those affected by the quake - and by Typhoon Ketsana, which caused widespread destruction in the Philippines and Vietnam last week. | A group of British aid agencies are launching a national appeal - to raise funds for those affected by the quake - and by Typhoon Ketsana, which caused widespread destruction in the Philippines and Vietnam last week. |
| A series of radio and television appeals are to be broadcast in the UK on Tuesday. | A series of radio and television appeals are to be broadcast in the UK on Tuesday. |
| The United States is sending aircraft and navy ships to Indonesia, carrying about 45 metric tonnes of relief commodities. | The United States is sending aircraft and navy ships to Indonesia, carrying about 45 metric tonnes of relief commodities. |
| "This includes plastic sheeting, hygiene kits, generators, and this will all be distributed via the Red Cross," the US State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said. | "This includes plastic sheeting, hygiene kits, generators, and this will all be distributed via the Red Cross," the US State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said. |
| WEST SUMATRA QUAKES First quake struck on Wednesday at 1716 local (1016 GMT) under sea north-west of PadangSecond quake followed on Thursday at 0852 local href="/2/hi/in_pictures/8292406.stm">In pictures: Devastation in Sumatra Aid worker's diary: Remote areas | |
| US Pacific Command has flown two C-17 military transport aircraft to Padang, with material for a field hospital that will treat as many as 400 people a day, he said. | US Pacific Command has flown two C-17 military transport aircraft to Padang, with material for a field hospital that will treat as many as 400 people a day, he said. |
| The USS Denver, an amphibious response vessel with helicopters that will fly to the hardest-hit rural areas, is due to arrive in Padang on Thursday. | The USS Denver, an amphibious response vessel with helicopters that will fly to the hardest-hit rural areas, is due to arrive in Padang on Thursday. |
| Reaching villages | Reaching villages |
| The main task is to reach villages which have yet to receive any help. | The main task is to reach villages which have yet to receive any help. |
| "I think in the city there is no real concern over an outbreak of disease. I mean the priority in the city is to get the electricity back on line, to get the water working," said Patrick Fuller, the communications co-ordinator for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. | "I think in the city there is no real concern over an outbreak of disease. I mean the priority in the city is to get the electricity back on line, to get the water working," said Patrick Fuller, the communications co-ordinator for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. |
| "But our concern is still getting to people in villages, in the rural areas, who haven't been reached yet," he said. | "But our concern is still getting to people in villages, in the rural areas, who haven't been reached yet," he said. |
| Getting specialist care into Padang is also a focus of aid efforts. | Getting specialist care into Padang is also a focus of aid efforts. |
| "Basically, I think as more and more of the outlying villages are accessible, more and more of such patients are being sent to this hospital," said a commander at a Singaporean emergency tent hospital. | "Basically, I think as more and more of the outlying villages are accessible, more and more of such patients are being sent to this hospital," said a commander at a Singaporean emergency tent hospital. |
| Indonesian military helicopters are carrying out food drops to remote areas, delivering instant noodles, blankets, milk and dry food, said officials. | Indonesian military helicopters are carrying out food drops to remote areas, delivering instant noodles, blankets, milk and dry food, said officials. |
| Heavy rain since Sunday and thick wet mud is also making it difficult for aid workers to reach the stricken areas, said Gagah Prakoso, a spokesman for the Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency. | Heavy rain since Sunday and thick wet mud is also making it difficult for aid workers to reach the stricken areas, said Gagah Prakoso, a spokesman for the Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency. |
| Meanwhile, Hiroaki Sano, head of the Japan Disaster Rescue Team, said international search and rescue teams were winding up operations and preparing to go back home. | Meanwhile, Hiroaki Sano, head of the Japan Disaster Rescue Team, said international search and rescue teams were winding up operations and preparing to go back home. |
| There have been no survivors rescued from the rubble since Friday, says the BBC's Karishma Vaswani in Padang. | There have been no survivors rescued from the rubble since Friday, says the BBC's Karishma Vaswani in Padang. |
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