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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| More deaths in new Indonesian aftershock earthquakes |
| 2004-11-15 |
| Three more people have died on the eastern Indonesian island of Alor as aftershocks continue after a powerful earthquake. The latest deaths bring to 22 the number who have died since Friday when a pre-dawn quake measuring six on the Richter scale hit the island. In the hardest-hit district of Northeast Alor, an eight monthold baby died on Sunday during an aftershock. Two other people died after suffering strokes during an aftershock. More than 90 people are still being treated in hospital as a result of injuries suffered on Friday. An official says most of Northeast Alor's 8,000 residents have been left homeless by the quake. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |