More than 150,000 Indonesia earthquake survivors receive KSrelief food aid

JAKARTA: More than 150,000 survivors of the deadly earthquake in eastern Indonesia will receive assistance from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, as aid workers distribute more food parcels to communities in the affected areas this week.

The magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck off the coast of Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara in mid-August killed at least 156 people, injured more than 1,600 others, and damaged over 119,000 homes across 10 regencies and cities.

Almost three months since the quake, some 28,000 people remain displaced and are living in makeshift shelters, as their homes were destroyed during the disaster.