The death toll from the Indonesia earthquake rose to 310
Indonesians during Friday prayers in an earthquake-affected area in Cianjur.
Reuters
The death toll from the earthquake that struck Indonesia's main island of Java has risen to 310, the Disaster Risk Reduction Agency announced yesterday.
The director of the authority, Suharyanto, said that 24 people are still missing, after the quake, which caused landslides and collapsed buildings in Cianjur, West Java.
"I have identified these 24 people," he said during a press conference.
Henri Alviende, director of the National Relief Services, said that the search operations will continue until Monday, and beyond that, in the event that not all the bodies are found.
"The problems we are facing are the thickness of the landslides, which are exacerbated by the continuous rains, and the fear of aftershocks," he told the "Compass" TV station.
Many of the victims are children, some of whom were in schools.
Yesterday, the body of a seven-year-old girl, who had been searching for her for days, was found among the rubble of a collapsed house in the Cianjur area, near the epicenter of the earthquake.
More than 2,000 people were injured in the earthquake, about 56,000 homes were damaged, and more than 62,000 people had to evacuate their homes.
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