Aid workers head for tsunami island

Aid workers struggled to reach remote, tsunami-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands today and the death toll rose to at least nine as more bodies were found in wrecked homes and debris.

The victims, including a child, were killed when a powerful earthquake set off a small tsunami that sent 1.5-metre (five foot) waves roaring inland on Santa Cruz Island. Around 100 homes across five villages were damaged or destroyed.