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Tue, 11/10/2009 - 01:26
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MORE THAN 200 DECLARED MISSING IN W SUMATRA QUAKE
Padang, W Sumatra, Nov 9 (ANTARA) - West Sumatra authorities have declared 212 people as missing in the magnitude 7.9 earthquake and subsequent landslides that devastated the province on September 30.
The bodies of 212 people were not found after 14 days of search, West Sumatra Deputy Governor Marlis Rahman said on Monday.
He said they were believed to have been buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings and mudslides, he said.
As such, data from the West Sumatra natural disaster mitigation task force which put the death toll in the September 30 quake at 1,195 included the missing victims, he said.
The bodies of 983 other dead victims meanwhile could be identified, he said.
He said a total of 619 people were seriously injured and 1,179 others lightly following the quake.
The bodies of 212 people were not found after 14 days of search, West Sumatra Deputy Governor Marlis Rahman said on Monday.
He said they were believed to have been buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings and mudslides, he said.
As such, data from the West Sumatra natural disaster mitigation task force which put the death toll in the September 30 quake at 1,195 included the missing victims, he said.
The bodies of 983 other dead victims meanwhile could be identified, he said.
He said a total of 619 people were seriously injured and 1,179 others lightly following the quake.
