Aid Response
Immediately after the tsunami the Royal Australian Air Force flew in three C-130 Hercules transport planes with relief supplies. In the days following more relief was flown in and a field hospital was set up in the neighbouring town of Vanimo.
Read more about this topic: 1998 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
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