PHOTOS: Death toll from Indonesia quake-tsunami rises over 1,200
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Sa’adon Lawira holds his grandson’s cat whose meow helped him finding his body which was buried under the rubble of the family’s house in Balaroa neighborhood in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Home to hundreds of families, the neighborhood was once a patchwork of asphalted streets and tidy houses. Now it looks as if it was picked up and thrown back to earth with vicious force. Four days after the earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian city of Palu, this devastated neighborhood has received no government help and anger is simmering among its residents. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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Sa’adon Lawira holds his grandson’s cat whose cry helped him finding his body which was buried under the rubble of the family’s house in Balaroa neighborhood in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Home to hundreds of families, the neighborhood was once a patchwork of asphalted streets and tidy houses. Now it looks as if it was picked up and thrown back to earth with vicious force. Four days after the earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian city of Palu, this devastated neighborhood has received no government help and anger is simmering among its residents. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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People carry away goods from minimarket warehouse in the earthquake and tsunami-devastated area in Palu, Sulawesi
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- 4/18
In this Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, file photo, people carry away items from a shopping mall badly damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
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People carry items from the shopping mall which was damaged following earthquakes and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018. Rescuers try to reach trapped victims in collapsed buildings after hundreds of people are confirmed dead in a tsunami that hit two central Indonesian cities, sweeping away buildings with massive waves. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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Rescuers search for the earthquake victims trapped in the collapsed Roa Roa Hotel in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. The magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck at dusk Friday and generated a tsunami said to have been as high as 6 meters (20 feet) in places. (AP Photo/Fauzy Chaniago)
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- 7/18
Rescue team members carry the dead body of a paraglider near the ruins of Roa-Roa hotel after the earthquake in Palu
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Indonesian men survey the damage in Balaroa neighborhood in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Home to hundreds of families, the neighborhood was once a patchwork of asphalted streets and tidy houses. Now it looks as if it was picked up and thrown back to earth with vicious force. Four days after the earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian city of Palu, this devastated neighborhood has received no government help and anger is simmering among its residents. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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Indonesian women survey the damage suffered by Balaroa neighborhood which was flattened by Friday’s earthquake in Balaroa neighborhood in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Home to hundreds of families, the neighborhood was once a patchwork of asphalted streets and tidy houses. Now it looks as if it was picked up and thrown back to earth with vicious force. Four days after the earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian city of Palu, this devastated neighborhood has received no government help and anger is simmering among its residents. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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- 10/18
This Oct. 1, 2018, satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows the Petobo neighborhood in Palu, Indonesia, after an earthquake and subsequent tsunami caused substantial damage and liquefaction in the village. (DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company via AP)
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An aerial view of an area devestated by an earthquake in Palu, Central Sulawesi
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A woman walks past the wreckage of cars which was flattened by Friday’s earthquake in Balaroa neighborhood in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Home to hundreds of families, the neighborhood was once a patchwork of asphalted streets and tidy houses. Now it looks as if it was picked up and thrown back to earth with vicious force. Four days after the earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian city of Palu, this devastated neighborhood has received no government help and anger is simmering among its residents. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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- 13/18
Men use hammer and shovels as they try to recover the bodies of their relatives buried under the rubble of their house in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Home to hundreds of families, the neighborhood was once a patchwork of asphalted streets and tidy houses. Now it looks as if it was picked up and thrown back to earth with vicious force. Four days after the earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian city of Palu, this devastated neighborhood has received no government help and anger is simmering among its residents. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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A woman makes her way through the rubble of houses in Balaroa neighborhood in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Home to hundreds of families, the neighborhood was once a patchwork of asphalted streets and tidy houses. Now it looks as if it was picked up and thrown back to earth with vicious force. Four days after the earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian city of Palu, this devastated neighborhood has received no government help and anger is simmering among its residents. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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A man walks in Balaroa neighborhood which was flattened by Friday’s earthquake in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Home to hundreds of families, the neighborhood was once a patchwork of asphalted streets and tidy houses. Now it looks as if it was picked up and thrown back to earth with vicious force. Four days after the earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian city of Palu, this devastated neighborhood has received no government help and anger is simmering among its residents. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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- 16/18
Evacuees from earthquake and tsunami in Palu, arrive at Sam Ratulangi International airport in Manado, Sulawesi
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Soldiers move dead bodies of the victims of the earthquake and tsunami during a mass burial at the Poboya Cemetery in Palu
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Sand is placed over dead bodies of the victims of the earthquake and tsunami during a mass burial at the Poboya Cemetery in Palu
Amid the search for survivors of the earthquakes and tsunami that struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi last Friday (29 September), more images of have emerged of the devastation caused by the natural disasters.
As of Tuesday, local officials have placed the death toll at more than 1,200, with the figure expected to rise sharply in the coming days. Most of the victims were from the Palu city, while some other affected areas have been cut off from rescue efforts.
The same day, Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also announced that the Singapore Armed Forces will be delivering humanitarian supplies to the affected areas while assisting in disaster relief efforts.
Two Singapore Civil Defence Force officers will also be participating in a joint 10-day mission to Central Sulawesi, while the Singapore government will also be contributing US$100,000 (S$138,000) to help kick off the fund-raising effort by the Singapore Red Cross.
Those interested in making donations to the disaster relief efforts can turn to the Mercy Relief and Singapore Red Cross fund-raising micro-sites.