SEARCH TO CONTINUE
The search will continue on Monday, authorities said.
Fathur Rahman, chief at the rescue office in Maumere, Sikka’s capital, told Reuters on Monday the search will focus on aerial monitoring for anyone missing.
Rescuers will use an extrication device and a helicopter, Fathur said, adding there were no reports of people missing and no challenges hampering the search.
Authorities readied planes to deliver aid such as food and tents, the chief of the country’s disaster mitigation agency Suharyanto said late on Sunday. The quake damaged around 500 homes, he said.
Indonesia will also build an emergency field hospital in several areas, said Benjamin Paulus Octavianus, the country’s deputy health minister.
Neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons are needed to treat head trauma and broken bones, Benjamin said.
“I DON’T THINK ABOUT THAT ANYMORE”
In Jakarta, about 1,500km west of the disaster zone, President Prabowo Subianto is expected on Monday to preside over celebrations marking Indonesia’s independence from Japanese rule in 1945.
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