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        "id": 1922685,
        "msgid": "search-team-clears-landslide-blocked-access-expands-ntt-quake-search-1786863018",
        "date": "2026-08-16 13:26:54",
        "title": "Search team clears landslide-blocked access, expands NTT quake search",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_EN",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Rescue teams have reopened land access to the Reo area in East Nusa Tenggara after landslides cut off routes following a magnitude-7.7 earthquake, enabling joint military, police, volunteer and local government personnel to reach isolated communities. The disaster has so far affected 112 people, with 48 confirmed fatalities and 64 injured, though the toll may rise as operations continue. Authorities are urging the public to follow official guidance as emergency response and medical supply deliveries accelerate.",
        "content": "<p>\u201cThe team has successfully opened land access in the Reo area, which\nwas previously cut off by landslides,\u201d he confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Prakoso explained that clearing the route has enabled a joint team\ncomprising personnel from the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), police,\nvolunteers, and the local government to conduct searches and evacuations\nin previously isolated affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>Restoring road access is also crucial to accelerating the delivery of\nmedical supplies and reaching survivors in remote areas who require\nemergency assistance, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Maumere Search and Rescue Office reported that, based on\npreliminary data collection and verification as of 8:30 a.m. Central\nIndonesian Time (WITA), 112 people had been affected by the earthquake,\nincluding 48 fatalities and 64 people who sustained serious or minor\ninjuries.<\/p>\n<p>The number of victims remains subject to change and could increase as\nsearch and rescue operations continue in the field in coordination with\nthe Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) and local SAR\npersonnel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public is also urged to follow the directions of officers in the\nfield and obtain information only from official and authorized sources,\u201d\nPrakoso emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck Nagekeo District, East\nNusa Tenggara (NTT), on Saturday morning, Aug.\u00a015.<\/p>\n<p>Following the earthquake, the Meteorology, Climatology, and\nGeophysics Agency (BMKG) issued a tsunami early warning, which was later\nlifted at 7:30 a.m. Western Indonesia Time (WIB).<\/p>\n<p>Related news: East Nusa Tenggara governor declares 14-ay emergency\nafter quake<\/p>\n<p>Related news: BNPB says Flores quake leaves 47 dead, 9,290\ndisplaced<\/p>\n<p>Translator: M. Riezko Bima, Resinta Sulistiyandari<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/search-team-clears-landslide-blocked-access-expands-ntt-quake-search-1786863018",
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