Saturday, November 5 2005 10:22 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Washington: The Bush administration has said that though the United States and the rest of the world had responded with generous donations to the quake-hit people in Pakistan, the survivors' basic needs like tents and blankets were yet to be fully met.

"The world and certainly the US government has responded with generous donations to the Pakistani people. But that said, there are going to be needs as a result of this earthquake," State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters when asked about the global response to the tragedy.

"There are still immediate needs for tents, I believe, and blankets as winter approaches in that region," he said.

"This is a natural disaster of historic proportions. The challenges, as I said, that the Pakistani people face are immense.

McCormack said the world has come to the aid of the Pakistani people with in-kind assistance, with helicopters and helicopter crews and with cash assistance not only for the immediate relief effort but as well as looking forward.