In Indonesia, search teams lost hope of finding any more survivors under the rubble left by a massive earthquake, as torrential rains on Sunday held up aid delivery in the remote hills of western part of the country where several villages were wiped out. Rescue teams instead focused on retrieving the rotting bodies from the rubble of the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Sumatra island, setting up tents for the tens of thousands of homeless and providing them food and drinking water. Vice President Jusuf Kalla said there was little hope of finding anyone alive. There is no clear word on the death toll. The United Nations put the figure at 1,100. The government earlier said 715 were dead and 3,000 were missing. But it revised the figure today to 603 confirmed killed and 960 missing, presumably dead.
News On AIR | October 4, 2009 11:24 PM
In Indonesia rescue team now concentrate on retrieving rotting bodies