The death toll is at risk of increasing, even if it won't be great.

We don't have any new figures, but we are concerned that the aftershocks may have cause more structural damage to buildings in the town.

People are so poor there that their huts may collapse. The biggest burden from this quake is going to be the rebuilding of homes rather than the injuries.

Hundreds of civilians have fled the fighting and the militiamen have been torching houses as they disperse.

The most critical needs include medicine, blankets, rehabilitation of houses as well as non-food items such as kitchen utensils.