Jakarta: Hundreds of people buried under Indonesian landslides two weeks ago have been registered as dead, lifting the toll from last month's earthquake to 1,115.
Priyadi Kardono, head of the national Disaster Management Agency, said Wednesday that the search for more than 300 missing people had ended.
The 7.6 magnitude temblor devastated large parts of West Sumatra province, flattening or badly damaging hundreds of thousands of buildings.
A huge aid operation is underway to shelter and feed thousands made homeless. Tens of millions of dollars in outside assistance has poured into the region from foreign governments and relief groups.
Kardono said he had asked the government to pay the families of the dead roughly $250 in compensation. The homeless would get $0.50 a day for up to a month.
