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        "id": 1935950,
        "msgid": "aid-for-flores-earthquake-victims-hampered-by-extreme-terrain-1787471453",
        "date": "2026-08-23 13:56:26",
        "title": "Aid for Flores Earthquake Victims Hampered by Extreme Terrain",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK_BALI",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Distribution of aid to victims of the magnitude 7.7 earthquake on Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, is facing severe logistical obstacles due to difficult terrain, damaged roads, and landslides. The hardest-hit areas include East Manggarai and Palue Island, where ongoing aftershocks continue to trigger further landslides. Poor mobile network coverage is also hindering coordination and the reporting of refugee data, resulting in uneven aid distribution.",
        "content": "<p>The distribution of aid for victims of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake\non Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, has encountered a number of\nobstacles, particularly in remote areas. These include difficult\nterrain, damaged roads and landslides.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most extreme stretches of terrain is in Pota Urban Village\nand several coastal areas of Sambi Rampas District, East Manggarai.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are several routes that are difficult for vehicles to pass.\nThere are roads buried under large boulders, and with aftershocks\ncontinuing to occur, roads that were initially only slightly covered\nhave been buried again by subsequent landslide material,\u201d said Benyamin\nDeaniel Asadoma, son of East Nusa Tenggara Deputy Governor Johni\nAsadoma, who helped deliver aid, when met in Nagekeo on Sunday\n(23\/8\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>East Manggarai is one of the worst-affected areas, with the death\ntoll to date reaching 30 people. According to Dean, as he is known,\nPalue Island in Sikka Regency has also been severely affected and is\ndifficult to access. Aid has now been distributed there, including\nthrough the D\u2019Asadoma Foundation, consisting of basic foodstuffs,\nblankets, clothing and other essentials.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to road infrastructure, Dean continued, another obstacle\nis the difficulty of mobile telecommunications networks, which has\nhampered follow-up communication and the reporting of refugee data to\nthe government, resulting in uneven aid distribution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is what made me go in and out of villages to deliver aid. At\nthe same time, we also established communication with residents about\nwhich locations had not yet been reached by aid, so that we could go\ndirectly to bring assistance,\u201d Dean explained.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Nagekeo Deputy Regent Gonzalo Gratianus Muga Sada\nacknowledged that many donations for his constituents have been arriving\nin succession from the private sector, foundations and even from\nabroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been greatly helped by what our friends from various private\ncompanies, foundations and even from abroad have done. From the very\nbeginning, we have been greatly assisted,\u201d Gonzalo concluded.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/aid-for-flores-earthquake-victims-hampered-by-extreme-terrain-1787471453",
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