‘Like a miracle’: 84-year-old woman pulled alive from rubble three days after Indonesian quake
- An 84-year-old woman has been discovered alive in the flattened remains of her home three days after a powerful earthquake hit eastern Indonesia, authorities have confirmed.
- The 7.7-magnitude quake struck off Indonesia’s Flores island on Saturday morning, killing at least 73 people, injuring more than 900 people and displacing nearly 60,000 others.
- A landslide triggered by the quake had blocked access to Nitunglea village where Paulina Pobi, 84, lived, leaving the elderly woman buried for three days under the collapsed bamboo walls of her home until Tuesday.
Confirmed
- An 84-year-old woman has been discovered alive in the flattened remains of her home three days after a powerful earthquake hit eastern Indonesia, authorities have confirmed.
- The 7.7-magnitude quake struck off Indonesia’s Flores island on Saturday morning, killing at least 73 people, injuring more than 900 people and displacing nearly 60,000 others.
- A landslide triggered by the quake had blocked access to Nitunglea village where Paulina Pobi, 84, lived, leaving the elderly woman buried for three days under the collapsed bamboo walls of her home until Tuesday.
Sources: Times of India, Guardian