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Missing toll soars to 5,000 in engulfed Indonesia quake neighbourhoods

Whole neighbourhoods were swallowed up as the quake caused liquefaction

The number of people believed missing from the quake and tsunami that struck Indonesia's Palu city has soared to 5,000, an official said Sunday, an indication that far more may have perished in the twin disaster than the current toll.

Indonesia's disaster agency say they have recovered 1,763 bodies so far from the 7.5-magnitude and subsequent tsunami that struck Sulawesi on September 28.

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