Aid for people intensifies as at least 96 killed, nearly 70,000 displaced as quake, floods hit Indonesia

JAKARTA, Jan. 18 (Agencies): The death toll from a strong earthquake and floods in the central parts of Indonesia has risen to 96, with nearly 70,000 people forced to flee home and take shelter, the National Disaster Management Agency said Monday.

A total of 81 people were killed after the 6.2-magnitude quake and the 5.9-magnitude aftershock struck West Sulawesi province on Thursday and Friday, and 15 people were reported dead in South Kalimantan province as floods have hit the province since Jan. 14, the agency's spokesman Raditya Jati said.