U.S. sends relief to earthquake victims

By The Michigan Daily  On  January 29th, 2001

The United States will send $5 million in emergency supplies to earthquake-stricken India, officials said yesterday, and could send more as the situation worsens. More than 6,000 bodies have been recovered in the quake, and the death toll was expected to climb by several thousand more. Tens of thousands of Indians are homeless. "This is clearly a terrible earthquake," said Len Rogers, acting assistant administrator in the bureau for humanitarian response at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Rogers said the United States will monitor the relief effort and send more aid if it becomes necessary. "This is a major disaster, and we will respond accordingly," he said. A seven-person disaster response team will be in India today. USAID said the United States would send supplies that include plastic sheeting, blankets, water containers, purification and distribution kits and generators. The agency, through the organization CARE, also began distributing 100 metric tons of food on Saturday. The emergency food will meet half the daily requirements for 4,000 families for 15-20 days, USAID said.

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