The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the island of Lombok is now said to have reached at least 142, with about two hundred others injured.<br />For more on this and other news around the we turn to our Ro Aram...<br />Aram...the death toll has risen from Sunday and officials fear the number could increase even further... <br /><br /> That's right Mark... search and rescue operations are still underway, but there are areas which rescuers have not been able to reach yet so there is a chance the death toll could climb. <br />The situation is also being worsened by continued aftershocks….<br />Our Cho Sung-min has the latest developments. <br /><br /> <br /> Local authorities said Monday that the official death toll from Sunday's massive earthquake in Indonesia has climbed to at least 142, and more than two hundred people were injured.<br />According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake measured magnitude 6-point-9.<br />Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency said it expects the death count to rise.<br /><br /> Since the quake, there have been more than 120 aftershocks, some of them felt some one-hundred kilometers away in Bali.<br />Lombok has suffered two earthquakes now in as many weeks.<br />On July 29th there was a 6-point-4 magnitude quake that left at least 17 people dead.<br /><br /> Officials said an operation is currently underway to evacuate thousands of tourists from Lombok and nearby islands.<br /> More than twenty-thousand locals have also fled their homes to find shelter, and the Indonesian military has sent humanitarian aid to help with the evacuation.<br />Authorities carrying out search and rescue operations said they are having a hard time locating some people and treating the injured... since most of the island's medical resources have been damaged.<br />Cho Sung-min, Arirang News. <br />
