Agence France-PresseFebruary 11, 2013 01:31
Relief supplies began trickling into tsunami-hit communities in the Solomons Islands Monday, as another powerful aftershock rattled the Pacific nation in the wake of last week's 8.0-magnitude earthquake.
The aftershocks had slowed but not halted aid operations in the remote Santa Cruz islands, where at least 10 people died in the tsunami triggered by the quake last Wednesday, the Red Cross said.
"The wharf in (regional capital) Lata has been damaged, so it can't take large, heavy trucks," Red Cross secretary general for the Solomon Islands, Joanne Zoleveke, told AFP.
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