Relief comes slowly to hard-hit quake areas

Survivors fought over packs of noodles in the quake-devastated streets of Indonesia’s Banda Aceh, while tons of aid was left stranded in the airport as government troops searched for vehicles and fuel to transport it.

In Sri Lanka, reports of measles and diarrhoea were beginning to reach health authorities, causing concern of an epidemic, said Thilak Ranaviraj, the government’s top official handling relief efforts.