Katrina: German food packages arrive in U.S.

Food packages from the nation that was heavily criticised and ridiculed by the Bush administration and his followers, arrived in the US on Saturday to help victims of hurricane Katrina.

German government officials said that a military plane had delivered 10 tons of one-person food packages to Pensacola, Florida. The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will deliver the aid to Katrina victims.

Officials used free cargo capacities on the routine flight to the US, which normally carries supplies to German soldiers who are in the US for training purposes.

A team from Germany's federal disaster relief organization, was on standby to travel to the devastated region.

The German chancellor also offered to send Germany's flying hospital, Medevac, that was used in the tsunami areas as well as search and rescue teams, water purification plants and specialists to help restore the power supply.