Disaster strikes twice<\/p>\n
Disaster strikes twice<\/p>\n
A powerful earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale
\njolted the island of Nias at 11:10 p.m. on March 28, when most of
\nits inhabitants were in bed.<\/p>\n
Residents rushed out of their homes, and North Sumatra again
\nrang with the cries of its shocked and frightened people.<\/p>\n
The quake came only three months after the Dec. 26 disaster in
\nNanggroe Aceh Darussalam, where relief efforts are now moving
\ninto long-term rehabilitation programs.<\/p>\n
This time, the area worst hit by the disaster was Gunung
\nSitoli on Nias, where National Police, the Indonesian Military
\nand international relief workers rushed to begin immediate
\nevacuation, rescue and recovery efforts.<\/p>\n
Although no tsunami was generated by the quake, it has leveled
\nsome parts of Nias and neighboring Simeuleu Island.<\/p>\n
Man may be powerless in the face of such catastrophes that
\nbring total destruction within mere minutes. But just as quickly,
\nthe people of Nias, with the aid of Indonesians and foreigners
\nalike, have begun to pick up the pieces and rebuild. -- JP<\/p>\n
Photo A - B<\/p>\n
Antara\/Munawar Mandailing<\/p>\n
Monday's quake left a church in Gunung Sitoli canting toward the
\nground after it shook Nias Island.<\/p>\n
The dome of a local mosque rises from the rubble of the
\nstructure, which fell in on itself from the force of the quake.<\/p>\n
Photo C<\/p>\n
A lone police officer looks down at a chasm in a road, caused
\nwhen sections of the earth rose and fell.<\/p>\n
Photo D<\/p>\n
AP\/Suzanne Plunkett<\/p>\n
A father and his three sons walk through the ruins of what was
\nonce their neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Photo E<\/p>\n
Reuters\/Darren Whiteside<\/p>\n
Local authorities rush an injured woman from a helicopter to a
\nwaiting ambulance, using a mattress as a substitute stretcher.
\nEvacuation efforts began almost immediately after the quake hit.<\/p>\n
Photo F<\/p>\n
Antara\/Munawar Mandailing<\/p>\n
Flattened houses and fractured roads tell the tale of devastation
\nleft behind by the Nias quake.<\/p>\n
Photo G<\/p>\n
Reuters\/Crack Palinggi<\/p>\n
Unheeding of the danger hanging overhead, residents travel down a
\nrelatively undamaged road.<\/p>\n
Photo H<\/p>\n
Reuters\/Luis Enrique Ascui<\/p>\n
Workers upright a fallen electricity pole to restore power in
\nGunung Sitoli.<\/p>\n
Photo I<\/p>\n
AP\/Suzanne Plunkett<\/p>\n
A shopkeeper is open for business, and his customers arrive to
\nbuy food and supplies beneath an awning that sags precariously.<\/p>\n
Photo J<\/p>\n
AP\/Suzanne Plunkett<\/p>\n
Another shop is not so lucky: Residents loot goods from a grocery
\nand electronics store that has caved in from the quake.<\/p>",
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