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More than 500 hikers and their guides were successfully evacuated from an Indonesian volcano after a deadly earthquake unleashed landslides that trapped them on the mountain, said Tuesday. officials. Earthquake of magnitude 6.4, which struck early Sunday and was followed by many aftershocks, blocking the hiking routes that crisscross the mountain.
About 560 hikers were initially considered stranded, including citizens of the United States, France, According to the search and rescue authorities of the Netherlands, Thailand and Germany, "543 hikers were evacuated last night, "told AFP the spokesman of the National Agency for Natural Disaster Control Sutopo Purwo Nugroho
. "There are now six people left … they are all healthy and safe."
Hikers were able to get off Monday after the guides discovered another route that was not frequent. Most hikers reached the base of the mountain Monday night, according to I Gusti Lanang Wiswananda, a spokesman for Mataram's search and rescue agency
"They were all tired, but" Wiswananda has said that an Indonesian hiker died on the mountain and that a rescue team of 30 people was escorting the remaining six trekkers from Lake Segara Anak, near the summit of Rinjani
Hundreds of others Hikers managed to get off the mountain Sunday, according to authorities.
At least 16 people were killed in the earthquake in the affected areas of Lombok.
The earthquake created panic on the island vacation and sent locals and tourists outside their homes and hotels
Helicopters and research teams were deployed to strip the slopes of the volcano. d) Supplies for people stranded on the mountain
Some 189 foreign tourists, 173 domestic tourists and 181 porters and guides reached the base of the mountain last night, said Sutopo
S raising to 3 726 meters Rinjani is the second highest volcano in Indonesia and the favorite of tourists eager to enjoy its vast views.
Hiking trails on the mountain were closed following the earthquake for fear of further landslides
The earthquake was located 50 km northeast of the main town of Lombok, according to the United States Geological Survey, far from the main tourist resorts of the south and west of the island
. More than 220 people were seriously injured in the quake, according to Sutopo.
A Malaysian was among the dead, along with six other wounded citizens, the Foreign Ministry told Kuala Lumpur.
A total of 5,141 people are staying in temporary shelters and need clean water, according to the authorities.
Hikers were able to descend the mountain on Monday after the guides discovered another route not affected by landslides [19659023] At least 16 people were found in the lombok-bearing area and hundreds of buildings were destroyed, including a tool
Map showing the Lombok region of Indonesia where more than 500 hikers were trapped .
A total of 5,141 people are in temporary shelters and need clean water, according to the authorities
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