As the death toll continues to climb in the wake of Sunday’’s earthquake — triggered tsunami, the world is (36) ______ the biggest-ever mobilization of international aid for a natural disaster. But (37) ______workers are warning that the geographic scope of the tragedy is so (38)______that there is no way to (39) ______that life-saving food, fresh water and medicine will reach everyone in need. So far, the (40)______, like the event that triggered it, is unparalleled in modern history. Already, aid workers report, the flow of material goods to some airports in the disaster zone greatly (41)______storage and distribution (42)______
Such is the case in Medan Indonesia, some 300 kilometers southeast of the devastated town of Banda Aceh. Speaking with VOA by cell phone from Medan, Oxfam (43)______ Mona Laczo believes that a planned aid shipment to the city has had to be diverted. She said; "Things change so fast, our plane that left the U. K. on Wednesday — now, we are being told that, (44)____________. and we have to go back to square-one.
Aside from food and fresh water, Oxfam plans to distribute mosquito nets to protect tsunami-ravaged communities from mosquito-born diseases, such as dengue fever and malaria. (45)____________.
At a news conference in New York, U. N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said the world body will be "stretched" to meet the needs of tsunami survivors. But, he added, (46)____________.