国际英语资讯:Indonesia revises down death toll of quakes, tsunami to 2,081
<p><span word="JAKARTA">JAKARTA</span>, <span word="Oct">Oct</span>. 26-- <span word="Indonesian">Indonesian</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="revised">revised</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="powerful">powerful</span> <span word="quakes">quakes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ensuing">ensuing</span> <span word="tsunami">tsunami</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Central">Central</span> <span word="Sulawesi">Sulawesi</span> <span word="Province">Province</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="September">September</span> <span word="to">to</span> 2,081 <span word="from">from</span> 2,256.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="multiple">multiple</span> <span word="quakes">quakes</span> <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tsunami">tsunami</span> <span word="devastated">devastated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="resulting">resulting</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="loss">loss</span> <span word="of">of</span> 15.29 <span word="trillion">trillion</span> <span word="rupiah">rupiah</span> (<span word="some">some</span> 1.011 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>), <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span> <span word="management">management</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="Sutopo">Sutopo</span> <span word="Purwo">Purwo</span> <span word="Nugroho">Nugroho</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>.</p><p><span word="That">That</span> <span word="compares">compares</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="of">of</span> 13.82 <span word="trillion">trillion</span> <span word="rupiah">rupiah</span> (<span word="about">about</span> 913.36 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>) <span word="unveiled">unveiled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="reconstruction">reconstruction</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="edge">edge</span> <span word="up">up</span>.</p><p><span word="Previously">Previously</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="about">about</span> 10 <span word="trillion">trillion</span> <span word="rupiah">rupiah</span> (657 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>) <span word="was">was</span> <span word="required">required</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="reconstruction">reconstruction</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="undergo">undergo</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="reconstruction">reconstruction</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rehabilitation">rehabilitation</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="month">month</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Indonesian">Indonesian</span> <span word="Vice">Vice</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Jusuf">Jusuf</span> <span word="Kalla">Kalla</span>.</p><p><span word="Meanwhile">Meanwhile</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="revised">revised</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="internally">internally</span>-<span word="displaced">displaced</span> <span word="persons">persons</span> <span word="from">from</span> 223,751 <span word="to">to</span> 214,925.</p><p><span word="All">All</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="evacuees">evacuees</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="shelter">shelter</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="encampment">encampment</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="tarpaulin">tarpaulin</span> <span word="in">in</span> 122 <span word="evacuation">evacuation</span> <span word="centers">centers</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="deadly">deadly</span> <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="disasters">disasters</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sept">Sept</span>. 28 <span word="destroyed">destroyed</span> 68,451 <span word="houses">houses</span>, 327 <span word="religious">religious</span> <span word="buildings">buildings</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="bridges">bridges</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cracked">cracked</span> <span word="roads">roads</span> <span word="in">in</span> 168 <span word="spots">spots</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="agency">agency</span>.</p>
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