JAKARTA
\nResidents of villages in eastern Indonesia hit by a deadly earthquake that killed at least 54 people were awaiting aid on Monday as rescuers prepared to comb through collapsed buildings in search of people trapped beneath the rubble. Thousands have been evacuated following the country\u2019s deadliest disaster since a 2022 quake killed hundreds in West Java, with many sheltering in tents outdoors and afraid to return to their homes due to fears of aftershocks.
\nThe tremor has cast a grim shadow over Indonesia\u2019s Independence Day celebrations and residents of East Nusa Tenggara have been jolted by nearly 1,600 aftershocks in the province as of Monday, local media cited the geophysics agency chief as saying. The agency reported a 5.6 quake in the region on Monday morning.
\nThe quake also caused landslides and blocked roads across Indonesia\u2019s southernmost province, including the regions of Sikka and Manggarai. The official death toll was at 54 as of Monday, the disaster mitigation agency, known as BNPB, said. In the parking lot of a damaged health centre littered with tents and hospital beds in a village close to the quake-affected Ende region, Firmus Woge, a 64-year-old farmer, was being treated for his asthma, aggravated by the quake-induced panic.
\nHe had difficulty breathing overnight \u201cbut it\u2019s getting worse again after this morning\u2019s quake,\u201d he said, gasping for breath. In nearby tents, Emilianus Oro, a 56-year-old farmer from Ranukolo village, said about 70 mostly female residents lacked clean water, leading children to contract diarrhoea. He said one older person had a stroke and residents have not received aid.
\nElsewhere, Veronika Nggambi, 22, was tending to her baby with her mother, swaddled in a brown blanket, in the back of a pickup truck as her house was no longer inhabitable. \u201cI can only eat rice with nothing else,\u201d she said. \u201cWe need aid as soon as possible. We are just salt farmers.\u201d \u2014 DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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