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Lombok earthquake: Indonesia disaster management agency puts toll at 555; 390,000 remain displaced

Agence France-Presse • August 24, 2018, 12:11:22 IST
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The spokesperson for Indonesia’s disaster management agency said that troops have been sent to hard-to-reach villages in Lombok, where aid is provided on foot.

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Lombok earthquake: Indonesia disaster management agency puts toll at 555; 390,000 remain displaced

Jakarta: A string of deadly earthquakes that rocked Indonesia’s Lombok island this summer killed 555 people and injured nearly 1,500, the disaster agency said on Friday, with hundreds of thousands left homeless. The picturesque island next to holiday hotspot Bali was hit by two deadly quakes on 29 July and 5 August. [caption id=“attachment_5035301” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]Representational image. AP/Agus Fitrah Representational image. AP/Agus Fitrah[/caption] On Sunday, it was shaken by a string of fresh tremors and aftershocks, with the strongest measuring 6.9 magnitude. Indonesia’s disaster agency said on Friday that most of the deaths occurred in the northern part of Lombok, with several also killed in neighbouring Sumbawa island. Many victims were killed by falling debris as the tremors rippled across the island, causing widespread devastation . Whole communities were flattened, leaving cracked streets lined with rubble, caved-in roofs and collapsed buildings. Some 390,000 people remain displaced after the quakes, the disaster agency said. Aid organisations have vowed to step up humanitarian assistance on the island as devastated residents struggle in makeshift displacement camps. They warned that access to food, shelter and clean water has been insufficient for some residents displaced by the disasters. “We’ve deployed troops to isolated villages that are difficult to reach,” disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a statement. “There are many villages… that are hard to access with motorbikes. Some aid has to be delivered on foot.” Rebuilding costs are estimated to top seven trillion rupiah ($478 million). Indonesia sits on the so-called Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where tectonic plates collide and many of the world’s volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. In 2004, a massive 9.1 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Sumatra and triggered a tsunami that killed 220,000 throughout the region, including 168,000 in Indonesia alone.

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