25.000 dead and still around 30.000 missing. We have waitied on stand-by but there had not been a need for search and rescue support internationally. All happened in a short while those who would live have lived rest are gone for ever. I had been following the disaster through the UN Ops. Center and I am hopeless.

There is a place on bbc.co.uk where people tell their experiences please read here.

There will be much demand on water purification. People also fleed to higher ground and I am sure they will stay there for a long while. They will need food.