The death toll keeps on rising on Sulawesi Island in Indonesia where a 7-point-5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit on September 28th.<br /> According to Indonesia's Disaster Management Agency on Sunday.... the death toll had increased to well over 17-hundred with 2-hundred-65 people classifed as missing in Palu,<br />Most of the bodies were buried immediately in mass graves after they were found... to prevent the possible spread of diseases.<br />Local officials say, they fear more than 5-thousand others could be missing as more than 3-thousand homes were damaged or sucked into deep mud when the quake caused loose soil to liquefy.<br />The government is planning to end search operations by Thursday and those that cannot be found by then will be declared missing. <br />
