Thousands evacuate after Indonesia quake kills 51, cuts roads
Rescuers are still searching landslide-hit villages as more than 12,800 people remain displaced and aid deliveries continue to reach isolated communities.
- A magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck eastern Indonesia's Flores region, killing at least 51 people and injuring many others, with thousands displaced due to widespread damage and aftershocks.
- The quake caused landslides that blocked roads and isolated regencies including Manggarai, hampering rescue and aid efforts.
- The earthquake damaged over 900 homes and forced thousands, including about 5,000 people, into temporary shelters while relief workers distributed food, water, and medicine.
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The number of victims of the devastating earthquake in Indonesia has increased to 68, and for now there is no information about injured or dead Serbian citizens in that country, said the Ambassador of Serbia in Jakarta, Ivana Golubović-Duboka.
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A child walks alongside a road cracked by the earthquake near Marapokot Harbor, Marapokot Village, Nagekeo Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia, on August 16, 2026. —Ignasius Kunda—Anadolu/Getty ImagesThe 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia on Saturday, becoming the deadliest quake to hit the country since 2022.As of Monday, search efforts for bodies and possible survivors were still underway, with rescuers digging through the r…
Approximately 13 thousand people were displaced after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake devastated Indonesia. As a result of the terrible incident, more than 50 people died and more than a hundred others were injured. The authorities began sending emergency aid – water, food, clothing and medicines to the communities that remained isolated. Hundreds of homes were damaged, and intervention teams continue to look for survivors. Images with strong emoti…
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