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01-04-2005, 02:16 PM
GUNUNG SITOLI, INDONESIA -- Aid workers rushed food to quake-stricken Nias Island this morning and tried to restore running water while survivors complained of hunger after the region's latest big earthquake, which killed an estimated 1,000 people.
This remote tropical island bore the brunt of Monday night's 8.7-magnitude quake, located in the same Indian Ocean region where a 9.0-quake three months earlier triggered Asia's tsunami catastrophe.
The main town on Nias, Gunung Sitoli, remained without power and running water as islanders and aid workers continued their frantic search through destroyed buildings for survivors, bodies and belongings as aftershocks barraged the area.
The United Nations sent a 350-ton landing craft packed with food toward the island from nearby Aceh Province, expected later today or Friday, said U.N. relief coordinator Francois Desruisseauz. Aid workers worked with local engineers to restore water and power.
"I hope that within two days there will be running water," he said.
This remote tropical island bore the brunt of Monday night's 8.7-magnitude quake, located in the same Indian Ocean region where a 9.0-quake three months earlier triggered Asia's tsunami catastrophe.
The main town on Nias, Gunung Sitoli, remained without power and running water as islanders and aid workers continued their frantic search through destroyed buildings for survivors, bodies and belongings as aftershocks barraged the area.
The United Nations sent a 350-ton landing craft packed with food toward the island from nearby Aceh Province, expected later today or Friday, said U.N. relief coordinator Francois Desruisseauz. Aid workers worked with local engineers to restore water and power.
"I hope that within two days there will be running water," he said.