Situation getting worse in Sulawesi

In ruins: The scene in Petobo village, where many of the destroyed buildings have not been cleaned up. — Bernama

PALU: Rescuers picking through the grim aftermath of Indonesia’s quake-tsunami issued a fresh public health warning as more decaying corpses were unearthed from beneath the ruined city of Palu.

Officials said yesterday the death toll had climbed to 1,649 with more than a thousand maybe still missing in the seaside city on Sulawesi island, after the region was hit by a powerful quake and a wall of water.