As of September 30, authorities said there had been 1,203 deaths from earthquake and Tsunami disasters in Indonesia and the number is expected to continue to increase as rescue forces reach areas closer to the center of the storm.
15-year-old Nurul Istikhomah was trapped in water for 2 days, rescued by rescuers from the rubble of a collapsed house in Palu, Central Sulawesi.
The solid buildings that were previously destroyed are now just a pile of rubble.
Rescue forces took the body of one victim out of the rubble.
Mutiara Sis Al Jufri Airport in Palu was closed shortly after the disaster. The airport has been repaired and cleared to serve relief and commercial flights.
About 16,700 people have lost their homes to a 7.5magnitude earthquake and about 2.4 million in Palu and another city, Donggala, need humanitarian aid. People in affected areas await military aircraft transported from Palu at Mutiara Sis Al Jufri airport.
Rescue workers and people are trying to find and scoop up what is still used in the rubble.
Rescue work is currently facing many obstacles due to limited communication, lack of heavy machinery, and damaged roads in many places. The victims were transported to the hospital by military aircraft.
On September 30, Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited Sulawesi to visit and encourage the people. He called on rescue forces to "work day and night" to save anyone who could. Indonesia has disbursed more than $37 million to serve rescue efforts and support survivors of natural disasters.
Indonesian rescue forces are racing against time to rescue the victims trapped under the rubble.
