After seeing floods, Indonesian leader visits quake zone

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Relief workers worked to clear up rubble of collapsed buildings Tuesday on an Indonesian island where a deadly earthquake left thousands of people homeless.

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The 6.2 magnitude earthquake Friday that killed at least 84 people was one of multiple recent disasters in Indonesia.

"We hope with the assistance by the central government can hasten recovery of collapsed houses and economy," he said in a speech after visiting survivors being housed in shelters on a soccer field. "The government services should be returned to normal," he said. The president had travelled Monday to flood-affected areas in South Kalimantan province on Borneo, the island known for rainforests and orangutans where floods since last week have inundated several regions. The floods killed several villagers and forced tens thousands of people to flee their homes. Floods also reported in many other provinces in the vast archipelago nation.

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