April 2 (UPI) -- More than a month after an earthquake crippled Papua New Guinea's gas potential, the World Food Program said a quarter million people still need aid.
More than a dozen people were left dead after the island was hit with a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in late February. The World Food Program said Monday a plane carrying enough emergency food supplies to feed 60,000 people left a United Nations depot in Dubai. More than 270,000 people still need humanitarian assistance following the quake.