Thousands await aid after Indonesia quake
Aug 18, 2026
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 18: Thousands of people are waiting for aid in the eastern Indonesia region hit by a powerful earthquake that killed dozens of people, as rescuers combed through collapsed buildings in search of people trapped beneath the rubble.
Late on Monday, the death toll was raised from 54 to 68, said Berton SP Panjaitan, an official at Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency, adding that more than 200 have been injured.
Many residents on Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara province spent Monday searching for loved ones and waiting for aid to arrive in communities still cut off by the magnitude 7.7 earthquake.
More than 1,300 homes were damaged when the quake struck East Nusa Tenggara on Saturday. Nearly 250 were destroyed on Flores alone.
Source: Qatar Tribune
