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An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale hit western-part of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island about 5.15 p.m. on September 30. While the shock was not over yet, another strong quake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale shuddered neighboring Jambi and Bengkulu provinces Thursday morning, causing widespread panicky.

As rescue workers pull the dead from the rubble, World Vision’s assessment team is preparing to care for survivors by surveying the impact of the disaster and rushing emergency supplies to the area. Padang, a city of 900,000 people and has been overwhelmed by landslides, power outages and the lack of functioning health services, as many of the hospitals in the region have been damaged. Relief efforts are further hampered by small fires and rain that continues to deluge the area.

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