Relief workers in Indonesia tackle bottlenecks to aid
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Rugged terrain, downed bridges, and the sheer volume of aid are slowing supply distribution.
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Rescue workers raced to get food and water to millions of tsunami survivors on Tuesday, and struggled to clear airport runways to fly aid into regions where giant waves washed roads away as well as people.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Eight days after a giant  tsunami struck Asia, relief workers faced "absolute chaos" in  Indonesia's Aceh province on Monday as a $2 billion operation  to help disaster victims fought to get off the ground.
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Relief agencies responding to the disaster in southern Asia, Indonesia and Thailand are seeking financial support locally for their efforts.
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Rescuers and volunteers have struggled to help nearly 340,000 Indonesians left homeless by devastating floods, triggered by heavy rains in and around Jakarta, which have killed 20 people.
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Indonesian relief and rescue workers used a helicopter and rubber boats on Monday to deliver aid and rescue people marooned on Java island after massive flooding triggered by days of torrential rain.
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Aid agencies struggled on Tuesday to  cope with the enormity of the Asian tsunami disaster which has  killed more than 28,000, with the International Red Cross  saying it may have to treble its appeal for funds.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Substantial help finally  began reaching refugees in Indonesia's devastated Aceh province  on Saturday, and the U.S. military arrived in force to speed  the flow of critically needed aid.
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Aid workers cleared landing strips in  Asia's flooded tsunami-hit regions to start flying food, clean  water and doctors to hungry and injured survivors, but the  global relief operation continued to struggle on Tuesday.
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The &#36;2 billion Asian tsunami relief operation was encountering chaos and "a wall of devastation" in Indonesia as aid workers struggled to help thousands of survivors huddled in makeshift camps Monday.
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Recovery and aid efforts are daunting challenges throughout much of Asia in the wake of Sunday&#39;s tsunami, but in Sri Lanka and Sumatra&#39;s Aceh province those tasks are severely complicated by years of unrest.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The largest peacetime  relief effort in history struggled on Friday to reach  black-hole areas of Indonesia's Aceh, while doctors, troops and  relief workers raced to keep tsunami survivors alive.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Rescue workers raced to  get food and water to millions of tsunami survivors on Tuesday,  and struggled to clear airport runways to fly aid into regions  where giant waves washed roads away as well as people.
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BANGKOK, Thailand  - The massive Asian tsunami  relief operation faces absolute chaos and "a wall of  devastation" in Indonesia as well as the threat of pirates  plundering aid, relief groups struggling to help thousands in  camps said on Monday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Accusations flying  between the Indonesian military and rebels in tsunami-ravaged  Aceh province clouded prospects for recovery as aid workers on  Saturday began to switch their focus from relief to rebuilding.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Relief workers used  everything from helicopters to elephants to reach survivors and  shift the rubble of wrecked towns eight days after giant waves  struck Asia, triggering one of the biggest aid efforts in  history.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Logistical problems hampered a massive humanitarian relief operation along Asia&#39;s devastated shores as the death toll from a huge earthquake and killer tidal waves surged past 55,000.