One of several trawlers car tying CARE supplies from Char Pata in the district of Noakhali to the severely affected island of Hatiya sank Friday evening due to bad weather condl Upns. Two CARE personnel from a contingent of 10 were Initially thought to have drowned but were later accounted for. says a Press release.

CARE is transporting food and other emergency assistance for 4.500 families on Hatiya Island. Reports received Friday indicated that the cy clone had already claimed the lives of 12.000 people on the island, while a further 20.000 have lost their homes, crops and animals. By Thursday evening. 60 f*cr cent of initial supplies had arrived but bad weather conditions had delayed sending the remainder until Friday evening.

Poor weather continues to hamper operations and transport is difficult to find

A staff of CARE, an American international humanitarian organisation was miss Ing till Saturday when a trawler carrying relief supplies sank near Hatiya island Friday

evening, officials said.

Ibrahim All Akhund. a CARE engineer based tn Comilla. was missing in the disaster. The other staff members who were aboard the trawler were safe, he said.