# Aid shortages and fears of starvation after deadly Indonesia earthquake

https://mins.news/en/item/23970

- BBC News, 2026-08-17 08:38 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl7686r71yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> At least 53 people were killed and about 5,000 displaced after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Indonesia’s Flores island. Aftershocks, landslides and blocked roads are disrupting aid, while damaged hospitals are treating patients in tents and survivors report shortages of food and clean water.

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