900 tourists being evacuated from Indonesia’s tiny islands after quake
Tourists wait to depart from the Praya Lombok International Airport on the Indonesian island of Lombok on August 6, 2018, after an earthquake struck the island.
Indonesian security forces and emergency workers raced Monday to rescue survivors from the ruins of a powerful earthquake on Lombok that killed at least 82 people, as strong aftershocks sparked terror on the holiday island that suffered another deadly quake just a week ago. /PHOTO: AFP, Adek Berry
Some 900 tourists were being evacuated from Indonesia’s tiny Gili Islands on Monday after a powerful quake struck neighboring Lombok, killing 91 people and injuring hundreds.
National disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told reporters some 200 “domestic and foreign” tourists had already been taken off the islands.
“There are 700 more tourists still waiting to be evacuated,” he added. /vvp
