Authorities say heavy digging equipment is headed to the worst-hit areas of western Java, but time is running out for scores buried under collapsed buildings and landslides.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

Buildings,homes,power and telephone lines collapsed, vehicles were washed away and many people were trapped under the debris.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Nearby,others are cleaning out partially collapsed homes and buildings, including the beach structures used for traditional ceremonies.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

Witnesses said a hospital in the capital collapsed, a luxury hotel in Petionville had sustained major damage and many other buildings were destroyed.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

"Many bodies along the streets, a lot of injured people, just lying around, houses are destroyed and very new and large buildings totally collapsed,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.14

Officials say the 7.6 underwater earthquake that occurred near the Indonesian island of Sumatra collapsed at least 500 buildings in the city of Padang.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Several buildings collapsed. Rescue workers frantically searched for survivors in the debris.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

According to wire service reports, witnesses say a hospital in the capital collapsed and that many buildings Additional information from the island has been slow in coming, were damaged.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12