Lombok quake leaves 156,000 displaced

Death toll rises to 347 three days after the disaster; victims still wait for help

BANGSAL, Indonesia - Aid began reaching isolated areas of the Indonesian island struggling after an earthquake that killed at least 347 people as rescuers on Wednesday doubled down on efforts to find those buried in the rubble.

The death toll was based on data given by sub-districts across the hardest-hit North Lombok district on Lombok island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Xinhua News Agency quoted Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, the spokesman of the national disaster management agency, as saying on Wednesday.