With many missing, some remote areas still unreachable and more than 1,000 people injured in the 5.6 magnitude quake, the death toll was likely to rise.
Hospitals near the epicenter on the densely populated island were already overwhelmed, and patients hooked up to IV drips lay on stretchers and cots in tents set up outside, awaiting further treatment.
Hundreds of police, soldiers and residents dug through the debris with their bare hands, shovels and hoes as heavy rain hindered their efforts. He said more than 40 houses in his sister’s neighborhood in Cijendil buried under tons of mud with at least 45 people were buried alive, including Tohir’s sister and her two children.
People salvage usable items from their house that was damaged from the earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, on Nov. 23, 2022.Most were barely protected by makeshift shelters that were lashed by heavy monsoon downpours. Only a few were lucky to be protected by tarpaulin-covered tents. They said they were running low on food, blankets and other aid, as emergency supplies were rushed to the region.
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