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Search continues for trapped quake victims

Source: The Jakarta Post

Padang : Indonesia | 2 months ago

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Proklamasi in the downtown of Padang which collapsed during a powerful earthquake on Wednesday. A rescue team member, Andri, said at least 21 bodies and 15 survivors had been evacuated from the rubble. The flattened buildings were a restaurant, a toy shop, a cellular phone counter and an after-school...

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Aid arrives at ravaged Indonesian quake zone

News Source: Financial Times | 2 months ago

Thousands more were thought to be still trapped under collapsed buildings in Padang and surrounding areas, although at least three people were pulled alive from the rubble in Padang on Friday. Many rural areas remain unreached, with officials saying...
Quake survivors tell of digging out of rubble

News Source: CNN | 2 months ago

An area that now looks like a flattened mess of destruction was, just days ago, a group of three villages. Officials believe 90 percent of the residents -- as many as a few hundred people -- were buried, just one piece of the devastation from two...
Sydney Morning Herald: Aid groups try to reach quake victims

News Source: Androscoggin News | 2 months ago

Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari has appealed for foreign help in digging out thousands believed trapped on Sumatra's western coast from Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude quake and a series of powerful aftershocks. The United States pledged $...
Foreign Rescue Teams Race to Help Indonesia Quake Victims

News Source: Voice of America | 2 months ago

Foreign emergency rescue teams are racing to reach earthquake devastated areas of Indonesia's Sumatra island, as the death toll continues to rise. Medical teams, search dogs, backhoes and emergency supplies are already trickling into Sumatra. ...
Quake rescue efforts hampered

News Source: News 24 | 2 months ago

Rescuers dug feverishly on Friday through the rubble of a school and other buildings toppled by an earthquake in the Indonesian port of Padang, but few victims were being found alive two days after the tremor. The United Nations said more than 1 000...
Race to find quake survivors

News Source: Al Jazeera | 2 months ago

As of Friday afternoon, almost 48 hours after the quake hit the Sumatran city, only a handful of survivors have been pulled from the wreckage. The United Nations has said it believes more than 1,000 people have been killed, although the latest...

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