SurfAid Completes First Phase of Emergency Response
Padang 4pm Thursday 11 November 2010
SurfAid today completed the first phase of their Emergency Response for the Mentawai Islands which has concentrated on assessing the immediate needs of the affected communities and distributing food and non-food assistance. They now move into two new phases of Recovery programs which will last until the end of October 2011.
The 7.7M earthquake, which triggered a tsunami that has been recorded as being up to six metres (20 feet) high in some villages, struck 17 days ago at 9.41pm on Monday night 25 October.
The latest report from the Indonesian Government says that 447 people have been killed, 57 are missing, and 173 are seriously injured. More than 15,000 people have been displaced from their homes and are living in temporary shelters, many on the hills above their villages as they fear another tsunami.
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(photo by Barren Joey)
