Flores Quake Toll Hits 70; 40,000 Still Displaced Four Days On
More than 200 people were injured and thousands of homes were damaged, officials said, as rescue teams raced to reach isolated communities.
- On Monday, thousands awaited aid on Flores Island as Indonesia marked Independence Day, two days after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake killed at least 68 people and injured more than 200.
- Indonesia sits on the Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped arc of seismic faults and volcanoes; a 2004 magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra and a 2018 magnitude 7.5 quake on Sulawesi demonstrate the region's vulnerability.
- The earthquake damaged 122 health facilities, 252 schools and 84 places of worship, prompting authorities to deploy two emergency field hospitals supported by 10 aircraft and several vessels.
- Deputy police chief Marselus Yugo Amboro said "the roads are steep and many were blocked by landslides," hampering deliveries; authorities recorded 1,576 aftershocks while distributing nearly 5,400 food packages.
- The provincial governor declared a 14-day state of emergency as thousands remained in tents and tarpaulins fearing aftershocks, with some 19,000 people evacuated but orders later lifted.
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(Jakarta=Yonhap News) Correspondent Son Hyun-kyu = The number of people unable to return home following the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Flores Island in Indonesia killing 70 has reached 40,000...
Indonesia Independence Day Overshadowed By Deadly Flores Earthquake
by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent JAKARTA/MEDAN (Worthy News) – Indonesia’s 81st Independence Day was overshadowed by grief as the death toll from the weekend’s massive earthquake rose to at least 68 and thousands were still awaiting aid on the hard-hit Indonesian island of Flores. Christians on the mainly Catholic island and elsewhere in Muslim-majority Indonesia have been praying as the extent of the magnitude 7.7…
More than 22,000 displaced persons were killed and an emergency marked by a lack of food, drinking water and medical supplies.
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