As death toll on Indonesia's Lombok tops 100, thousands wait for aid


Rescue workers extract a woman, who survived after being trapped in rubble since Sunday's earthquake, in Tanjung, North Lombok, Indonesia August 7, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Ahmad Subaid/via REUTERS

KAYANGAN, Indonesia (Reuters) - The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit Indonesia's tourist island of Lombok topped 100 on Tuesday as rescuers found victims under wrecked buildings, while thousands left homeless in the worst-affected areas waited for aid to arrive.

A woman was pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed grocery store in the north, near the epicentre of Sunday's 6.9 magnitude quake, the second tremor to rock the tropical island in a week.

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