LOMBOK - Rescue efforts on the island of Lombok have been hampered by a shortage in heavy-lifting equipment such as excavators, even as the death toll climbed to 105 on Tuesday (Aug 7).
"We are deploying excavators, heavy equipment to the affected areas (these are the local government's resources)," West Nusa Tenggara provincial governor Zainul Majdi told The Straits Times.
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