Indonesia intensifies search efforts while survivors call for immediate food and medicine supplies, two days after an earthquake killed 268 and injured more than 1,000
Residents are trying to retrieve priceless belongings, including family photos, religious books and marriage certificates.
Two days after the quake flattened their homes, residents were still trying to retrieve priceless belongings, including family photos, religious books and marriage certificates. "We have no clothes, and we have not changed for days, so I am digging through the rubble to find some clothes." Indonesia is vulnerable to landslides and flash floods in the rainy season, which has already begun and peaks in December in West Java.The country's meteorology agency warned the town is prone to another catastrophe just days after homes were destroyed and loved ones buried by rubble.
Karnawati said rivers blocked by landslides or rubble sparked a flash flood in West Pasaman and warned the same could happen in Cianjur.
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