JAKARTA, Sept. 30 -- Death toll from Indonesia's strong quakes and tsunami in Central Sulawesi province soared to 832 on Sunday, as lack of rescuers and large stricken areas remaining hard to access hampered search and rescue efforts, a government official said here.
Vice President Jusuf Kalla said the toll could rise into the thousands as the death figure now came mainly from the capital city of Palu while the situation of the other two densely populated districts remained unclear as they were cut off from communications and help.
Among the death figures, 821 were recorded in Palu, the provincial capital, and the rest in Donggala district, while figures in two other affected districts, Parigi Moutong and North Mamuju, were not included, which means the total death toll was in fact higher, spokesman of the national disaster management agency Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.
"Besides, there are still many bodies who have not been identified. The victims remain under rubble or wreckaged buildings, their number is still a lot. Many hit-areas have not been reached out by a joint rescue team. So that the number of victims is likely to increase," Sutopo told a press conference at his office.
The catastrophe has also seriously injured 540 people and forced 16,732 people to flee homes, the spokesman said.
"Most of the victims were hit by rubble or falling of blocks of concrete, and waves of tsunami," he noted.
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