Indonesia will suffer losses totalling more than 30 trillion rupiah (S$2.7 billion) caused by destruction from the earthquakes in Lombok, Sumbawa and Central Sulawesi, apart from the thousands of lives lost.
And the country is likely to face more natural disasters as it enters the year-end monsoon season, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has warned.
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