1.   Rescue workers are trying to assess the scale of the disaster.

2.   Its members are supposed to assess the scale of the humanitarian crisis gripping Yugoslavia and what might be needed when the fighting stops.

3.   Two US relief teams have not been allowed to enter eastern Zaire to assess the scale of the humanitarian crisis there, the State Department said Wednesday.

4.   The absence of independent control mechanism makes it difficult to assess the scale of illegal fishing in the EU.