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Aid effort intensifies after Indonesia quake that killed 81

MAMUJU, Indonesia: Aid was reaching the thousands of people left homeless and struggling after an earthquake that killed at least 81 people on an Indonesian island where rescuers intensified their work on Monday to find those buried in the rubble.

Water, which has been in short supply, as well as food and medical supplies were being distributed from trucks. The military said it sent five planes carrying rescue personnel, food, medicine, blankets, field tents and water tankers. A rescuer inspects the ruin of a building flattened by an earthquake during a search for victims in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Jan 17, 2021. Mahatir, a relief coordinator for volunteer rescuers, said his team was trying to reach many people in six isolated villages in Majene district after the quake damaged roads and bridges.

Residents inspect a building collapsed in the earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Jan 18, 2021.

 

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