Gunung Sitoli, Nias 1. Motorbike driving on cracked road 2. Various of cracked road near ocean 3. Wide of displaced people's camp where several NGOs (non-governmental organisations) are providing aid 4. Temporary shelter 5. Various of people sitting in temporary shelter 6. Street and debris 7. Temple roof 8. Various of people on badly cracked road, destroyed buildings 9. Destroyed building near ocean 10. Main road, collapsed pylons, destroyed houses Nias 11. Various of Indonesian military ship off shore 12. Aerial shot of Nias island STORYLINE: Aid workers rushed food to quake-stricken Nias island on Thursday and tried to restore running water while survivors living under tarpaulins said they were going hungry after the region's latest big earthquake, which killed an estimated 1,000 people. Indonesia's president headed to the remote tropical island that bore the brunt of Monday night's 8.7-magnitude quake, in the same Indian Ocean region where an even-bigger quake three months earlier triggered Asia's tsunami catastrophe. The main Nias town of Gunung Sitoli remained without power and running water Thursday, as islanders and aid workers continued their frantic search through destroyed buildings for survivors, bodies and belongings as aftershocks barraged the area. The United Nations sent a 350-ton landing craft packed with food toward the island from nearby Aceh province, and it was expected later Thursday or Friday, said United Nations (UN) Relief coordinator Francois Desruisseauz. Aid workers worked with local engineers to restore water and power. Foreign and Indonesian military help began arriving on the island Wednesday to distribute some food and water to a frantic crowd of survivors. Japan and Australian also planned military missions, and an Australian military transport flight headed to the quake zone on Thursday packed with medical supplies. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was expected to arrive on Nias about midday to tour the quake zone and meet with local officials. He has said that Indonesia welcome and is open to all kind of assistance, including help from foreign troops, to assist in the disaster zone, according to a presidential spokesperson. It is estimated that 1,000 people died in the latest disaster, but officials feared the number could climb to 2,000 as rescuers continued to pull bodies from crumpled shops and homes. A UN survey put the confirmed death toll so far at 518, with 500 of those on Nias, a UN official said. Deaths have been reported on other small islands in the area, but they have been difficult to confirm because of poor communications. Thousands of collapsed buildings and no machinery to help search the rubble. The town's hospital was barely functioning: It lacked power, water and fuel for its generators. Monday's quake struck under the sea off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island. December's 9.0-magnitude quake that triggered the tsunami that claimed victims in 11 nations struck further northwest along the Sumatra coast. Overnight, a magnitude-6.3 aftershock was reported off the west coast of Sumatra, said the U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado. There were no immediate reports of tsunami warnings, like the ones that panicked the region after Monday night's quake but were withdrawn hours later when no killer waves materialised. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/3f0d064fed8160674f2dfada4b049c6a Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

• published: 21 Jul 2015
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