The Disaster Has Not Ended in Balaroa

A year after residents also faced soil liquefaction caused by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 on 28 September 28, 2018, many survivors in Balaroa village, Palu city, are still living in living in evacuation camps.

KOMPAS/TOTOK WIJAYANTO

A survivor of the soil liquefaction and earthquake disaster of 28 Sept. 2018 reclines on a bench under a makeshift roof at a displaced persons camp in Balaroa village, West Palu, Central Sulawesi, Monday (23/9/2019). More than 300 households – about 1,200 people – still live at the camp a year after the disaster.

A year after residents also faced soil liquefaction caused by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 on 28 September 28, 2018, many survivors in Balaroa village, West Palu, Palu city, Central Sulawesi, are still living in evacuation camps.

Nuranisa, 25,  wiped the sweat from the forehead and cheeks of her 6-month-old son Rafizki . On Monday afternoon, the boy was seated in a baby seat at the tent door. The chirping of a bird in a cage in front of the tent made him happy.