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Indonesians shaken and struggling after devastating earthquake

Source: LA Times

Oct 04, 2009

Summary

The rebuilding has begun, but there is little power, fuel or clean water, the tourism industry is badly damaged, and hopes for those buried alive are fading.

Uly Marisa picked up her broom and swept away broken glass and shattered pottery today as the haunting wail of noon prayers rang out over her battered neighborhood in Padang. The radio-station employee has lived through several earthquakes since she moved to this port city of 900,000 people several years ago. But last Wednesday's 7.9-magnitude quake, which killed hundreds of people, was the worst by far. It left her deeply shaken and reflective.