Photo Report: Rescue Teams Help Indonesia’s Quake Victims

Local and international rescue teams have arrived in Padang to help the earthquake victims.
Photo Report: Rescue Teams Help Indonesia’s Quake Victims
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10/4/2009
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Rescue workers unload tents and food supplies from a truck to provide to the earthquake victims. Shortage of food supplies is still a concern. (The Epoch Times)

PADANG, Indonesia—An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude devastated much of the Indonesian province of West Sumatra last week, destroying entire villages and claiming many lives. 

Official have confirmed 603 people dead; 960 are still missing in landslides.

Local and international rescue teams have arrived in the province’s capital, Padang, to help the earthquake victims. 

<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/1_medium.JPG"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/1_medium.JPG" alt="An excavator breaks through the walls of a collapsed local hotel. (The Epoch Times)" title="An excavator breaks through the walls of a collapsed local hotel. (The Epoch Times)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-93274"/></a>
An excavator breaks through the walls of a collapsed local hotel. (The Epoch Times)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/4_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/4_medium.jpg" alt="Photos of dead victims with unknown identity are displayed at the at M. Jamil hospital in Padang. (The Epoch Times)" title="Photos of dead victims with unknown identity are displayed at the at M. Jamil hospital in Padang. (The Epoch Times)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-93275"/></a>
Photos of dead victims with unknown identity are displayed at the at M. Jamil hospital in Padang. (The Epoch Times)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/5_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/5_medium.jpg" alt="A biker passes by a collapsed building in Padang. (The Epoch Times)" title="A biker passes by a collapsed building in Padang. (The Epoch Times)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-93276"/></a>
A biker passes by a collapsed building in Padang. (The Epoch Times)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/6_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/6_medium.jpg" alt="Rescue workers evacuate a dead body from a collapsed building. (The Epoch Times)" title="Rescue workers evacuate a dead body from a collapsed building. (The Epoch Times)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-93277"/></a>
Rescue workers evacuate a dead body from a collapsed building. (The Epoch Times)
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Injured earthquake victims are being treated in a tent near the hospital. The main hospital building collapsed in the quake. (The Epoch Times)
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The body of a dead victim is taken out of the hospital to be handed to the victim's family. (The Epoch Times)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/9_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/9_medium.jpg" alt="Quake victims fill empty buckets with water from a portable water tanker. The city's water pipeline system was destroyed in the quake. (The Epoch Times)" title="Quake victims fill empty buckets with water from a portable water tanker. The city's water pipeline system was destroyed in the quake. (The Epoch Times)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-93280"/></a>
Quake victims fill empty buckets with water from a portable water tanker. The city's water pipeline system was destroyed in the quake. (The Epoch Times)