Redningshold bringer ofrenes lig til en massegrav efter et større jordskælv og tsunami i Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesien, Mandag, 1. oktober kl. 2018. En massegravning af ofre for jordskælv og tsunami blev forberedt i en hårdt ramt by mandag, da behovet for tungt udstyr til at grave efter overlevende fra katastrofen, der ramte en central indonesisk ø for tre dage siden, vokser desperat. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Farverige kropsposer blev placeret side om side i en nygravet massegrav mandag, som en hårdt ramt indonesisk by begyndte at begrave sine døde fra det ødelæggende jordskælv og tsunami, der dræbte mere end 840 mennesker og efterlod tusinder hjemløse.
Dødstallet, stort set fra byen Palu, forventes at fortsætte med at stige, når områder, der er afbrudt af skaden, nås. Jordskælvet med en størrelse på 7,5 ramte i skumringen fredag og genererede en tsunami, der siges at have været så høj som 6 meter (20 fod) nogle steder.
Den lokale hærchef Tiopan Aritonang sagde, at 545 lig ville blive bragt til graven fra et hospital alene. Skyttegraven, der blev gravet i Palu, var 10 x 100 meter (33 fod ved 330 fod) og kan forstørres, hvis det er nødvendigt, sagde Willem Rampangilei, chef for Indonesiens National Disaster Mitigation Agency.
"Dette skal ske hurtigst muligt af sundhedsmæssige og religiøse årsager, "sagde han. Indonesien er flertallet muslimsk, og religiøs skik opfordrer til begravelser kort efter døden, typisk inden for en dag.
Lokal militær talsmand Mohammad Thorir sagde, at området ved siden af en offentlig kirkegård kan rumme 1, 000 kroppe. Alle ofrene, kommer fra lokale hospitaler, er blevet fotograferet for at hjælpe familier med at finde ud af, hvor deres slægtninge blev begravet. Videooptagelser viste beboere gå fra kropstaske til kropstaske, åbning af toppe for at kontrollere, om de kunne identificere ansigter.
En mand bærer genstande, han reddede fra murbrokkerne efter et større jordskælv og tsunami i Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesien, Mandag, 1. oktober kl. 2018. En massegravning af ofre for jordskælv og tsunami blev forberedt i en hårdt ramt by mandag, da behovet for tungt udstyr til at grave efter overlevende fra katastrofen, der ramte en central indonesisk ø for tre dage siden, vokser desperat. (AP Photo/Rifki )
Omkring middag, teams af arbejdere, deres mund dækket af masker, bar 18 lig og lagde dem i skyttegraven. En rendegraver ventede på at skubbe jord oven på de døde. Flere begravelser forventedes at følge.
Militære og kommercielle fly leverede noget hjælp og forsyninger. Men der var brug for tungt udstyr for at nå mulige overlevende begravet i kollapsede bygninger, herunder et otte etagers hotel i Palu, hvor der var hørt stemmer i murbrokkerne.
Mennesker, der led af mangel på mad og forsyninger, blev også mere desperate. Lokalt tv sagde omkring 3, 000 indbyggere var strømmet til Palu lufthavn for at komme ud. Optagelser viste, at nogle mennesker skreg i vrede, fordi de ikke var i stand til at gå ombord på afgangs militærfly. Lufthavnen har kun genoptaget nogle kommercielle flyvninger.
"Vi har ikke spist i tre dage!" råbte en kvinde. "Vi vil bare være i sikkerhed!"
Den indonesiske præsident Joko "Jokowi" Widodo godkendte accept af international hjælp, sagde katastrofeagenturets talsmand Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, tilføjer, at generatorer, tungt udstyr og telte var blandt de nødvendige ting. Han sagde, at EU og 10 lande har tilbudt bistand, herunder USA, Australien og Kina.
Indonesisk redningsteam bærer liget af et offer i et større jordskælv og tsunami i Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesien, Mandag, 1. oktober kl. 2018. En massegravning af ofre for jordskælv og tsunami blev forberedt i en hårdt ramt by mandag, da behovet for tungt udstyr til at grave efter overlevende fra katastrofen, der ramte en central indonesisk ø for tre dage siden, vokser desperat. (AP Photo/Rifki )
"Vi sender mad i dag, så meget som muligt med flere fly, "Widodo fortalte journalister i hovedstaden, Jakarta, tilføjede, at der også skulle komme en forsyning af brændstof.
Nugroho sagde, at forholdene i Balaroa -delen af Palu var særligt dårlige, fordi jordskælvet fik jorden til voldsomt at hive op og synke ned nogle steder, fange mange mennesker under ødelagte huse. I Petobo, et andet område af byen, tembloren forårsagede løs, våd jord til flydende, skaber en tyk, tungt mudder, der forårsagede massiv skade.
"I Petobo, det anslås, at der stadig er hundredvis af ofre begravet i muddermateriale, "Sagde Nugroho.
Landsbyboere, der trak kære ud - levende og døde - i weekenden udtrykte frustration over, at det tog redningshold indtil mandag at nå Petobo.
Edi Setiawan, 32, sagde, at han og andre landsbyboere var i stand til at redde fem børn og fire voksne, herunder en gravid kvinde. Imidlertid, hans søster og far var ikke blandt dem.
Folk undersøger skaderne i et boligområde efter et massivt jordskælv og en tsunami ved Talise -stranden i Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesien, Mandag, 1. oktober kl. 2018. En massegravning af ofre for jordskælv og tsunami blev forberedt i en hårdt ramt by mandag, da behovet for tungt udstyr til at grave efter overlevende fra katastrofen, der ramte en central indonesisk ø for tre dage siden, vokser desperat. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
"Min søster blev fundet omfavne sin far, "sagde han." Min mor var i stand til at overleve efter at have kæmpet mod mudderet og blev reddet af landsbyboere. "
En anden landsbyboer, 52-årige Idrus, hvem bruger et navn, sagde, at "indtil lørdag så vi stadig mange mennesker skrige efter hjælp fra tagene. Men vi kunne ikke gøre noget for at hjælpe dem. Nu høres deres skrig ikke længere."
Men der var tilfælde af, at overlevende stadig blev trukket fra murbrokkerne forskellige steder, herunder en 25-årig kvinde fundet i live søndag aften i ruinerne af Roa-Roa Hotel, ifølge National Search and Rescue Agency, som frigav fotos af hende liggende på en båre dækket med et tæppe.
Novry Wullur, en betjent fra Indonesiens søge- og redningsagentur, sagde Nurul Istiharah, 15, lykkedes det at overleve efter at have været fanget inde i hendes hus, efter at det kollapsede. Hendes mor og niece var døde ved siden af hende, and water had left her submerged up to her neck and in danger of drowning. Her legs were finally freed and she was pulled out of the rubble. She was being treated for hypothermia at a hospital.
The confirmed death toll of 844 released by Nugroho on Monday afternoon was an increase of only 12 since the previous day, with nearly the entire total from Palu. The regencies of Donggala, Sigi and Parigi Moutong—with a combined population of 1.2 million—had yet to be fully assessed. Nearly 50, 000 people have been displaced from their homes in Palu alone, Sagde Nugroho.
Rescue teams continue to search for victims in the rubble of the Roa-Roa Hotel following a massive earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesien, Mandag, Oct. 1, 2018. A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims was being prepared in a hard-hit city Monday as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster that struck a central Indonesian island three days ago grows desperate. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
He said 114 foreigners were in Palu and Donggala during the disaster. All were accounted for except one Belgian, one South Korean and six French.
It was the latest natural disaster to hit Indonesia, which is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its location on the "Ring of Fire, " an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. In December 2004, a massive magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra island in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami that killed 230, 000 people in a dozen countries. More recently, a powerful quake on the island of Lombok killed 505 people in August.
In Donggala, the site closest to the earthquake's epicenter, aerial footage on Metro TV showed the sugary blond sands of beaches swept out to sea, along with some buildings. Some buildings in the town were severely damaged, with plywood walls shredded and chunks of concrete scattered on the pavement. Much of the damage, imidlertid, appeared limited to the waterfront.
Palu, which has more than 380, 000 mennesker, was strewn with debris from the earthquake and tsunami. A heavily damaged mosque was half submerged and a shopping mall was reduced to a crumpled hulk. A large bridge with yellow arches collapsed.
The city is built around a narrow bay that apparently magnified the force of the tsunami as the waves raced into the tight inlet. Nugroho said water was reported as high as 6 meters (20 feet) in some places.
Indonesian red cross team carry the body of a tsunami victim following a massive earthquake and tsunami at Talise beach in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesien, Mandag, Oct. 1, 2018. Bright-colored body bags were placed side-by-side in a freshly dug mass grave Monday, as a hard-hit Indonesian city began burying its dead from the devastating earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
In one devastated area in Palu, residents said dozens of people could still be buried in their homes.
"The ground rose up like a spine and suddenly fell. Many people were trapped and buried under collapsed houses. I could do nothing to help, " resident Nur Indah said, crying. "In the evening, some of them turned on their cellphones just to give a sign that they were there. But the lights were off later and the next day."
With hundreds injured, earthquake-damaged hospitals were overwhelmed.
Indonesia is a vast archipelago of more than 17, 000 islands home to 260 million people. Roads and infrastructure are poor in many areas, making access difficult in the best of conditions.
Indonesian rescuers search for missing persons in the ruins of Roa-Roa Hotel following a massive earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesien, Mandag, Oct. 1, 2018. A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims was being prepared in a hard-hit city Monday as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster that struck a central Indonesian island three days ago grows desperate. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesian police carry the body of a tsunami victim during a mass burial in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesien, Mandag, Oct. 1, 2018. A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims was being prepared in a hard-hit city Monday as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster that struck a central Indonesian island three days ago grows desperate.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesian rescue team carry down the body of a victim to a grave during a mass burial in following a massive earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesien, Mandag, Oct. 1, 2018. A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims was being prepared in a hard-hit city Monday as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster that struck a central Indonesian island three days ago grows desperate. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesian rescue team inspect the damage of Roa-Roa Hotel following a massive earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesien, Mandag, Oct. 1, 2018. A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims was being prepared in a hard-hit city Monday as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster that struck a central Indonesian island three days ago grows desperate. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
People survey the damage to a residential area following a massive earthquake and tsunami at Talise beach in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesien, Mandag, Oct. 1, 2018. A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims was being prepared in a hard-hit city Monday as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster that struck a central Indonesian island three days ago grows desperate. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
A man inspects his damaged home following a massive earthquake and tsunami at Talise beach in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesien, Mandag, Oct. 1, 2018. A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims was being prepared in a hard-hit city Monday as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster that struck a central Indonesian island three days ago grows desperate. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
People survey the damaged house and car following a massive earthquake and tsunami at Talise beach in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesien, Mandag, Oct. 1, 2018. A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims was being prepared in a hard-hit city Monday as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster that struck a central Indonesian island three days ago grows desperate. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
A man takes a photo of a car lifted into the air with his mobile phone following a massive earthquake and tsunami at Talise beach in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesien, Mandag, Oct. 1, 2018. A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims was being prepared in a hard-hit city Monday as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster that struck a central Indonesian island three days ago grows desperate. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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