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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Quake-hit Indonesia starts burying dead in mass grave |
| 2018-10-02 |
| [DAWN] Indonesian volunteers began burying bodies in a mass grave with space for more than a thousand people on Monday, for victims of a quake-tsunami that devastated swathes of Sulawesi and left authorities struggling to deal with the sheer scale of the disaster. Indonesia is no stranger to natural calamities and Jakarta had been keen to show it could deal with a catastrophe that has killed at least 844 people, according to the latest official count, and displaced some 48,000 more. But four days on some remote areas are only now being contacted, medicines are running out and rescuers are struggling with a shortage of heavy equipment as they try to reach desperate victims calling out from the ruins of collapsed buildings. In response, Indonesian President Joko Widodo opened the door to the dozens of international aid agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who are lined up to provide life-saving assistance. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 God, early one autumn, bethought Him To blot out the city of Sodom, For lo, He was pissed... Okay, blotto... and missed. Ah, but someday... "Bang, zoom, to the bottom!" Off the pile, with no disrespect to today's suffering and dead. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2018-10-02 23:09 |
| #3 Indonesia quake-tsunami death toll moves above 1,300, as 200,000 people battle thirst and hunger and starving survivors rummage through rubble for food |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-10-02 11:38 |
| #2 Indonesia tsunami: Palu hit by 'worst case scenario' |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-10-02 11:09 |
| #1 Indonesia tsunami: Death toll rises to nearly 1,350 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-10-02 11:03 |