# Businesses reopen after eastern Indonesia earthquake displaced thousands

https://mins.news/en/item/26339

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-19 15:01 UTC
- World
- Original: https://bit.ly/4qnSVKB

> Grocery stores, gas stations and other businesses have reopened across Indonesia’s Flores island, four days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 71 people and injured nearly 1,200. Wednesday’s reopening offered early signs of recovery.

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