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SurfAid is managing to get emergency aid supplies into the villages most-affected by the tsunami despite the worst weather and sea conditions in the Mentawai Islands in years. The surf charter boats, which are carrying supplies and assessment teams, have been battling 30 knot winds and wild,

An aid boat was helping a local in his motorised sampan when they lost him in the bad weather. Luckily SurfAid staff on board the Indies Trader IV saw him in the ocean and brought him on board.  SurfAid’s Stacey Howe said the Indies Trader fought its way through fierce wind and rain to reach the hamlets of Limu and Limosau, on South Pagai island …  Details & Pictures

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