The Indonesian National Disaster Reduction Agency (BNBP) held a press conference on the afternoon of the 30th. The agency's spokesman, Supoto, said that due to the lack of heavy equipment to clean up the ruins, the search and rescue operations are mainly carried out by hand. Indonesian officials sai
The Associated Press quoted a spokesman for the Indonesian National Disaster Reduction Agency as saying that the earthquake triggered a tsunami that hit Palu, the capital of Central Sulawesi, and another city, East Galla. In a local live TV interview, he said that the tsunami had taken away some hou
An Indonesian official said on Monday that nearly 2,000 bodies have been found in Paru since the earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia. The official warned that thousands of people are still missing. AFP reported on October 8 that local military spokesman M. Thohir said that the death toll from the
According to a Reuters report on October 14, the World Bank said on Sunday that it will provide up to $1 billion in loans to Indonesia, which has suffered from disasters in recent months. Relief and reconstruction work in the two islands that were hit by the earthquake and tsunami. he Bank will prov