ACEH PROVINCE, Indonesia (Reuters) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited injured residents in the quake area of Aceh province on Friday (December 9).
Widodo met over 130 patients treated in Chik Ditiro Hospital in Pidie Jaya regency, reported Kompas TV.
Wednesday’s (December 7) 6.5 magnitude quake has killed 102 people and injured over 700. Hundreds of buildings crumbled to the ground and thousands left homeless.
The province of Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra island, has declared a two-week state of emergency.
The quake was the biggest disaster to hit the province since a December 26, 2004, quake and tsunami, which killed more than 120,000 people in Aceh. In all, the 2004 tsunami killed 226,000 people along Indian Ocean shorelines.
Widodo is expected to visit areas destroyed by the quake.
