LONDON (Reuters) - Aid agencies have pledged cash and rushed teams to assess
damage and help the injured after a major earthquake and a series of powerful
aftershocks shook Indonesia's Sumatra island.
Red Cross volunteers set up temporary medical centers, but the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said Indonesia's own Red Cross society seemed able to cope and there was no need for an international response.
Australia pledged A$50,000 (US$42,000) in emergency aid on Thursday through the Indonesian Red Cross.
CARE International said its greatest worry was disease.
"After an earthquake of the size, the electricity and water systems are the
first infrastructure to be broken because of the severe shaking,"
"If people don't have access to clean water, the first danger is outbreak of waterborne disease."
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