Shahidul Islam

The US Navy started airlifting urgently needed supplies of food and drinking water to thousands of survivors of the devastating cyclone in the coastal areas, while six huge military helicopters and a ship from Pakistan joined the relief operation and the third Indian airplane, carrying emergency supplies, arrived yesterday.
Two more US Navy ships-the USS Essex and the USS Tarawa, like the Kearsarge, anchored close to the southern coast, carrying helicopters, medical teams and with on board surgical facilities-were also due to arrive, said US Navy spokesperson Lieutenant Commander John Daniels in Washington, according to an AFP news dispatch. [Read more]