Indonesia Earthquake: Death Toll Reaches 53, Thousands Evacuated Amid Ruined Infrastructure
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Rescuers in Indonesia recover more bodies in earthquake aftermath, raising death toll to 53 More than 900 homes were destroyed and 450 more damaged in East Nusa Tenggara province, forcing about 5,000 people into temporary shelters.
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Associated PressRUTENG, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue teams in eastern Indonesia recovered six more bodies Sunday, a day after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake, raising the death toll to 53, authorities said, as thousands of displaced people spent the night outdoors in fear of aftershocks.
BBC NewsPublished Around 5,000 people have been displaced by a powerful earthquake in Indonesia that has caused at least 53 fatalities.
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Rescuers continue to search for survivors of the shallow magnitude 7.7 quake, which struck the island of Flores shortly before 05:00 local time on Saturday (22:00 GMT on Friday).
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Associated PressRescuers dug through debris looking for anyone buried beneath landslides triggered by the quake across six regencies on Flores, a predominantly Catholic island in the Muslim-majority country. They focused on three regencies that remained inaccessible: hardest-hit Manggarai, East Manggarai and Nagekeo.
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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's coast, killing at least 47 and toppling buildings Authorities issued a tsunami warning and urged coastal residents to move to higher ground, but later lifted the warning when Indonesia's meteorological agency said monitoring showed no significant sea-level changes that posed a threat to coastal communities.
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Associated PressIn 2018, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake triggered a tsunami on the island of Sulawesi that killed more than 4,400 people. In 2004, a magnitude 9.1 quake off Sumatra unleashed a tsunami that killed about 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
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01 BBC News The full scale of the disaster is still being uncovered, with news of a second magnitude 6.9 earthquake elsewhere in Indonesia serving as a reminder of why this region is called the ring of fire.
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02 Washington Examiner BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia‘s President Abelardo de la Espriella has asked his ally U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs to help the South American nation recover from a powerful earthquake that killed at least 289 people.
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03 Reuters Thousands evacuated, emergency declared after deadly Indonesia quake - Reuters Thousands evacuated, emergency declared after deadly Indonesia quake Reuters
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04 Associated Press “We have cleared most landslides and reopened roads to previously isolated villages, although communication disruptions and power outages continue to hamper search efforts,” said Fathur Rahman, head of the search-and-rescue office in Maumere, the capital of Sikka regency.
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