1,948 die from Indonesia's quakes, tsunami, over 5,000 missing
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More than 1,000 may still be missing in Indonesia disaster: official
Search and Rescue team members search for victims at Balaroa, in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Photo: Xinhua)More than a thousand people could still be missing after Indonesia's devastating quake-tsunami, officials said Friday, drastically upping the total number of people unaccounted for a week after the disaster.Palu city on Sulawesi island has been left in ruins after it was hit by
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Many loved ones lost and uncounted in Indonesian disasters
She lay inside a medical tent in the stifling midday heat, wincing in pain at the gashes and cuts that cover her body.
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Death toll from Indonesia's quakes, tsunami jumps to 1,424
Death toll from Indonesia's quakes and tsunami has climbed to 1,424, senior official from the national search and rescue office Abdul Haris said on Thursday.
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Indonesia quake kids traumatized as rescuers race against clock
A boy walks in front of tsunami debris piled beside a building that still remains standing in Palu, Indonesia on October 4, 2018. (Photo: AFP)Many children have been separated from their families and are "in shock and traumatised" following Indonesia's devastating quake-tsunami, aid workers said Thursday, as much-needed supplies trickled in to shattered communities.A total of 1,411 people have been
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Death toll from quakes, tsunami in Indonesia jumps to 1,649
The death toll from Indonesia's multiple earthquakes and an ensuing tsunami jumped to 1,407 on Wednesday, the country's disaster management agency said.People search for victims on the debris of houses in Petobo village after earthquake and tsunami in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Oct. 2, 2018. (Xinhua/Iqbal Lubis)Most of the dead were recovered in Palu, the provincial capital.Search and rescue operations
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Death toll of Indonesia quake, tsunami rises to 1234: disaster agency
Death toll of Indonesia quake, tsunami rises to 1,234, disaster agency confirmed
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6.0-magnitude quake hits 30 km of Nggongi, Indonesia: USGS
HONG KONG, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) - An earthquake measuring 5.9-magnitude jolted 37 km south of Nggongi, Indonesia, at 23:59:40 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The epicenter, with a depth of 10.6 km, was initially determined to be at 10.535 degrees south latitude and 120.2526 degrees east
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1,200 prisoners leave jail in Sulawesi after earthquake and tsunami
The earthquake in Indonesia caused many buildings to collapse.(Photo: VCG)Bangkok (People’s Daily) -The Indonesian government said on Monday that after the earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi, three prisons broke out of the local prison, and as many as 1,200 prisoners successfully escaped from prison. Indonesian officials believe that they escaped out of fear over the tsunami.“I think the government allowed
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Indonesia earthquake death toll tops 1,200, calls for international help
(Video by Zhao Yipu, edited by Wang Xiangyu)Indonesian volunteers dug mass graves for more than 1,000 bodies on Monday after a quake and tsunami devastated swathes of Sulawesi, as authorities -- struggling to deal with the sheer scale of the disaster -- appealed for international help.Indonesia is no stranger to natural calamities and Jakarta wanted to show that it was
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