Java quake toll rises

The death toll from an earthquake that struck Java early this week has risen to 310 after rescuers found more bodies under landslides. At least 24 people remain missing. Bodies had been recovered in two areas of mountainous Cianjur district where landslides were triggered by Monday’s quake, said the National Search and Rescue Agency. More than 1400 rescuers have been searching through the rubble since the magnitude 5.6 quake, which injured more than 2000 people. The head of the National Disaster Management Agency, Suharyanto, said distribution of food and other aid was improving and was reaching more people in 110 evacuation locations. The disaster agency said the earthquake damaged at least 56,000 houses and displaced at least 36,000 people. Hundreds of public facilities were destroyed, including 363 schools.