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Governments offer millions of dollars
The United Nations, aid agencies and national governments were scrambling yesterday to get food and supplies to Indonesian towns and cities that have been reduced to rubble by an earthquake that left thousands dead or homeless.
- AP
- Published: 00:00 May 29, 2006
Geneva: The United Nations, aid agencies and national governments were scrambling yesterday to get food and supplies to Indonesian towns and cities that have been reduced to rubble by an earthquake that left thousands dead or homeless.
As photos and footage emerged of stunned, anguished survivors limping over crumbled buildings, agencies and governments offered millions of dollars, tons of supplies and hundreds of personnel.
The magnitude 6.3 quake hit central Indonesia's densely populated Java island on Saturday, flattening buildings and killing more than 4,600 people in the country's worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
It also triggered fears that a nearby rumbling volcano would erupt and caused serious damage to the world-famous 9th century Prambanan temple.
Representatives of UN agencies as well as the international Red Cross and other aid organisations will meet today in Geneva to discuss the humanitarian response to the Indonesian earthquake, said Elisabeth Byrs, spokeswoman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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