World
(2009-10-01)
Residents look at the wreckage of a house in Padang
Indonesian officials now say more than 500 people were killed and more than 400 were seriously injured after two powerful earthquakes struck the Southeast Asian nation in as many days.
The U.S. Geological Survey says this morning's quake hit about 150 miles south of Padang, a coastal city of 900,000 and capital of West Sumatra province.
The Social Affairs Ministry's crisis center says of the 529 confirmed deaths, 376 occurred in Padang. The rest were in four surrounding districts.
Many people are believed still trapped under collapsed buildings.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is flying to Padang.
He says the government will do everything it can to help the victims.
The president has ordered the military to deploy all its crisis centers in Jakarta, West Sumatra and North Sumatra provinces and says the military will provide earth-moving equipment to clear the rubble. © Copyright 2012, Associated Press
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