Indonesian leader says ‘everyone must be found’ as scale of quake disaster emerges 55 SHARES Share it! Most of the confirmed dead have been in the small city of Palu, 1,500 km (930 miles) northeast of Jakarta. More than 50 of the dead were taken to a mass grave on the outskirts of Palu on Tuesday, while rescuers held out hope they could still save lives. About 1,700 houses in one neighborhood were swallowed up, with hundreds of people believed buried, the national disaster agency said. Elsewhere on the outskirts of Palu, trucks brought 54 bodies to a mass grave dug in sandy soil.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 02, 2018 03:00 UTC