{"id":48163,"date":"2018-10-01T16:42:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T15:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=48163"},"modified":"2018-10-01T20:53:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T19:53:59","slug":"indonesian-president-urges-prayer-for-disaster-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/indonesian-president-urges-prayer-for-disaster-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian president urges prayer for disaster victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-48164\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Indenesia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" \/>Indonesian&#8217;s president on Sunday called on people to pray for victims of the earthquake and tsunami on the island of Sulawesi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Joko Widodo and several thousand people attended a mass prayer really in Surakarta, Central Java for victims of Friday&#8217;s natural disasters, Indonesia&#8217;s national news agency Antara reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2028\u2028The tsunami, towering up to three meters high, hit Palu, capital of the Central Sulawesi province, and the northeast of the nearby Donggala Regency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total of 1203 of the deaths were confirmed in Palu, while the other 11 victims are from the city of Donggala, National Disaster Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told reporters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Joko is set later to visit Palu, capital of the Central Sulawesi province, to inspect the damage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"alignleft quote-simple \">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script> <!-- 300 x 250 Medium Rectangle --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 300px; height: 250px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1234237307185872\" data-ad-slot=\"4941887379\"><\/ins> <script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 2.4 million people have been affected by the quake in 13 sub-districts in Donggala and eight sub-districts in Palu, said Indonesia\u2019s disaster management agency BNPB, cited by Antara.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 100 rescue workers have been sent to help victims in Palu and Donggala.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the last two months, three more earthquakes with magnitudes 6.3, 6.9, and 7 hit the eastern island of Lombok, killing a total of 563 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Indonesia lies within the Pacific Ocean\u2019s &#8220;Ring of Fire&#8221; where tectonic plates collide and cause frequent seismic and volcanic activity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Dec. 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck the eastern coast of Sumatra, triggering a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people as it tore along the coasts of Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/indonesian-president-urges-prayer-for-disaster-victims\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indonesian&#8217;s president on Sunday called on people to pray for victims of the earthquake and tsunami on the island of Sulawesi. 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