Cemetery Offers Refuge After Flood in Indonesia
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With more than 220,000 people still homeless, some evacuees congregated on the high ground of a cemetery.
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Battered by one calamity after another, Indonesians have found a resilience that has amazed even foreign aid workers. It&#039;s rooted in a widely held belief that the troubles were sent by God, either as a test of their love for him or as punishment for straying from his teachings.
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Rescuers and volunteers are struggling to reach nearly 190,000 Indonesians left homeless by devastating floods triggered by heavy rains in and around Jakarta, as the death toll rose to 20.
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They struggled to bury the dead and desperate residents looted shops on Indonesiaâs Sumatra Island today, where the earthquake and tsunamis killed up to 25,000 people, according to government estimates.
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ALBANY, Ga. - Heavy rain from the remnants of Jeanne flooded low-lying areas, uprooted trees and loosened the earth at a cemetery in south Georgia, washing coffins from the ground...
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Rescuers dug for survivors Wednesday after landslides and floods triggered by days of torrential rain killed dozens of people in western Indonesia.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Thousands of corpses  rotted in Indonesia's tropical sun on Wednesday as many who  escaped death in the worst tsunami in recorded history faced a  fight for survival against hunger and disease.
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Indonesian rescuers struggled on Thursday to pull out bodies and reach survivors following Central Java landslides, as floods blocked roads and damaged bridges in the area where over 80 people are feared dead, officials said.
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PADANG BAKUNG, Indonesia  - Frightened residents on Indonesia's Sumatra island huddled in tents outside their damaged homes on Friday, traumatized by the latest of more than 40 aftershocks since a huge earthquake struck two days ago.
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Flood waters receded in parts of  Indonesia's capital on Tuesday, but huge areas remained  submerged and officials were on guard for outbreaks of disease  among the estimated 340,000 people displaced.
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Tens of thousands of people displaced by floods that have inundated the Indonesian capital for almost a week were beginning to leave emergency shelters and start the unpleasant task of cleaning out their mud-filled homes.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Refugees in Indonesia's  tsunami-devastated Aceh province woke up on New Year's Day to a  depressing rain, but there were signs that critically needed  aid was finally starting to reach them.
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Slow drainage of the flooded Indonesian capital of Jakarta hit a setback Tuesday when heavy rain began and water levels in the city stopped receding.  Officials said at least 36 people are known dead, and thousands of others were camping out on the roofs of their homes.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Reeking corpses rotted in  the tropical sun from India to Indonesia on Wednesday and many  who escaped death from one of the worst tsunamis in history  fought for survival against thirst and disease.
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Flood waters receded in parts of Indonesia's capital on Tuesday, but huge areas remained submerged and officials were on guard for outbreaks of disease among the estimated 340,000 people displaced.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Dead bodies littered the  streets of Indonesia's Aceh province Tuesday as fears rose that  more than 25,000 people may have been killed in the country by  Sunday's earthquake and tsunami.
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Parts of Jakarta are beginning to dry out from the week1s devastating floods