3,500+ die in Indonesia Earthquake

mike · #1 05-28-2006, 07:11 AM

Makes Katrina look tiny. I am sorry to say that this will not make the same news as Katrina or 9-11, even though more people died in this quake than both of America's tragedies combined.

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Desperate relatives searched rubble for survivors Saturday after a powerful earthquake flattened nearly all the buildings in this rice-farming town while residents slept, killing more than 3,500 people on Indonesia's densely populated Java island.

The magnitude-6.3 quake wounded thousands more and was the nation's worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami. It also triggered fears that a rumbling volcano nearby would erupt.

The earthquake struck at 5:54 a.m. near the famed Borobudur temple complex, caving in roofs and sending concrete walls crashing down. Thousands were wounded. Survivors screamed as they ran from their homes, some clutching bloodied children and the elderly.

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