Thousands of people displaced by a powerful earthquake in eastern Indonesia awaited aid as they camped out at schools, police stations and government offices.
The 7.7-magnitude quake killed 54 people and injured more than 100. Rescue officials have said there were no reports of people missing.
spokesman for Indonesia’s BNPB national disaster agency says, the number of people unable to return to their homes had risen to 12,800 by Monday morning, dispersed among several towns on Flores island, Berton Suar Pelita Panjaitan.
Many Flores inhabitants were preparing to sleep outside for a third night, afraid to go home as over 1,600 aftershocks rumbled through the area.
several residents of the small town of Mbay, in Nagekeo regency nearest the epicentre, camped out in makeshift tents they had erected using tarpaulins and poles.
Many Flores residents have traumatic memories of another 7.7-magnitude quake that hit the island in 1992, triggering a tsunami and killing about 2,500.