Indonesians desperate to trace loved ones missing in the earthquake and tsunami that struck the island of Sulawesi are turning to social media sites like Facebook to aid their search.
With the scale of the disaster still unclear, telecommunications patchy and some areas still out of reach, families are posting photos, descriptions of lost family members and contact numbers in the hope of learning more.
“Have you seen any of my family members in these photographs?” asks one user on one Facebook group with 6,843 members.
“I want to know if they are safe there. I haven’t got any information on them until this moment. The connection is still cut off. Let me know if you see them.”
Others are trying to help friends still in Palu, the city believed to be the worst-affected.
“Please help, anybody in Palu and areas near the city. Family members of my friend are still missing until now,” says one post asking for information about a father, mother and a toddler living in…
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