Death toll from Indonesia quake climbs over 320

Pemanang: The death toll from a huge 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia’s Lombok island has climbed to over 320, officials said last Friday even as relief efforts picked up pace.

The national disaster mitigation agency said it had verified 321 deaths and that more than 270,000 people had been forced to flee their homes because of a series of tremors over the past two weeks.