Indonesia earthquake: Heavy damage

The death toll from a devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen above 160, an official said on Thursday, as authorities urgently appealed for medicine, food and clean water for some 156,000 people displaced by the disaster.

Tens of thousands of homes, businesses and mosques were levelled by the quake, which struck on Sunday as evening prayers were being said across the Muslim-majority island.

He estimated 75 per cent of houses are damaged in some villages in east and north Lombok.”The death toll rose to 164 people with at least 1,400 people seriously injured and 156,000 displaced”