Puan urges modest Independence Day celebrations after NTT quake
Puan Maharani, Speaker of Indonesia’s House of Representatives (DPR), urged Indonesians to mark the 81st ...
Residents in villages on Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, were awaiting aid on Monday after a deadly earthquake killed at least 54 people. Rescuers were preparing to search for survivors trapped in collapsed buildings. The tremor was Indonesia's deadliest disaster since a 2022 quake in West Java. Nearly 1,600 aftershocks were recorded as of Monday, causing landslides and blocking roads.
Over 12,800 people were displaced by the disaster. Search efforts focused on aerial monitoring and the use of a helicopter to locate those still trapped. The earthquake damaged around 500 homes and prompted President Prabowo Subianto to preside over Independence Day celebrations in Jakarta.
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