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Aid operation begins in Indonesia
Aid is set to be flown out to the stricken Indonesian holiday spot devastated by Monday’s earthquake.
UK government officials are seeking information about British travellers who may have been caught up in the disaster.
Indonesian government officials fear as many as 2,000 people have been killed on the island of Nias, a popular resort with surfers.
Britain and the United States are among countries to have pledged support, Sky News reported, and Australia, Japan and Singapore are preparing to deploy troops to the region to assist with the relief effort.
However, many buildings on Nias, some of them reported to have been erected quickly to capitalise on the island’s growing visitor trade, collapsed as the tremors struck.
Sky reported that the Foreign Office has been contacted by friends and relatives of about a dozen Britons to say they have not heard from their loved ones, believed to be on Nias and in other parts of Western Sumatra.
Report by News From Abroad
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