DOZENS of schoolchildren were buried alive after their classrooms collapsed during a massive earthquake in Indonesia, officials said. The death toll from the magnitude 5.6 quake in the mountains of…
Hospitals have been overwhelmed, with images showing patients on stretchers and cots in tents set up outside in car parks and on the street, with intravenous drips in their arms waiting for treatment.
"Our team is also trying to reach remote areas. For us, all victims are a priority, our goal is to find them and save lives by getting them evacuated as soon as possible and get medical help." "I haven't slept at all since yesterday, but I must keep going because there are victims who have not been found," he said.
President Joko Widodo also visited Cianjur on Tuesday to reassure people the government would reach those in need. Roughly 175,000 people live in Cianjur, part of a mountainous district of the same name with more than 2.5 million people.It also sparked panic in the greater Jakarta area - about a three hour-drive away - where high-rises swayed and office workers dashed out of their buildings.- but it is uncommon for them to be felt in Jakarta.
In January 2021, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed more than 100 people and injured nearly 6,500 in West Sulawesi province.
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