Thousands of people on Indonesia’s Flores Island are still waiting for aid after a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake killed at least 68 people, injured more than 200 and damaged more than 4,500 homes. The disaster is overshadowing Monday's 81st Independence Day celebrations. The quake struck Saturday, triggering panic, tsunami warnings and 1,576 aftershocks. About 19,000 people have been displaced, many sheltering under tarpaulins outside damaged homes. Authorities declared a 14-day state of emergency and sent thousands of security personnel and aid supplies, though difficult access has slowed relief efforts. Survivors urgently appealed for food, water, medicine and cooking equipment.

Rescue teams in eastern Indonesia recovered six more bodies a day after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake. Authorities said Sunday that those bodies raised the death toll to 53. Meanwhile, many of the thousands of displaced people spent the night outdoors in fear of aftershocks. Rescuers dug through debris looking for anyone buried beneath landslides triggered by the quake across six regencies on Flores, a predominantly Catholic island in the Muslim-majority country. Officials say more than 900 homes were destroyed and 450 more damaged in East Nusa Tenggara province. That forced about 5,000 people into temporary shelters.