Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrived in visited Palu city on Sulawesi island, the hardest hit by the powerful earth quake and tsunami, on September 30.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (second, right) visits the quake-hit Palu city on September 30 (Photo: VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrived in visitedPalu city on Sulawesi island, the hardest hit by the powerful earthquake and tsunami,on September 30.
Addressing troops deployed to Sulawesi island, President Widodo called on relevantforces to be ready to work day and night and to finish work relating to evacuationand rescue.
The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said on September 30 that thedeath toll from the September 28 earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia’s CentralSulawesi province climbed to 832, nearly double the figure announced earlier.
Meanwhile, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said the toll could rise into the thousands.
Almost those killed in the natural disaster were in Palu city.
The Indonesian government has allocated 560 billion rupiah (37.58 million USD)for disaster recovery.
Suwelasi was ravaged by two quakes measuring 6.1 and 7.5 on the Richter scale onSeptember 28. A tsunami happened after the second quake hit the area in theafternoon of the same day.
A series of earthquakes in July and August killed nearly 500 people on theholiday island of Lombok, hundreds of kilometres southwest of Sulawesi.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and is regularly hit by earthquakes.In 2004, a big earthquake off the northern Indonesian island of Sumatratriggered a tsunami across the Indian Ocean, killing 220,000 people in 13countries, including more than 168,000 in Indonesia.-VNA
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he will directly steer search and rescue activities following the earthquakes and tsunami in Donggala and Palu cities in central Sulawesi.
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The death toll from a strong earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province has climbed to 832, and the figure is expected to increase, said according to the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) on September 30.
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo (second, right) visits the quake-hit Palu city on September 30 (Photo: VNA) 
