Cleanup and recovery is still ongoing in the Palu area on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia following the devastating earthquake and tsunami on September 29. <br /><br />This aerial video, filmed by Bali-based photographer Richard Alma on Saturday (October 6), shows the scale of destruction caused the earthquake and ensuing natural disasters at the towns of Baleroa and Petob. <br /><br />Many are still looking for missing family members, shown here from above as rescuers comb the wreckage, but authorities are calling off final searches for survivors this Thursday. <br /><br />At these towns near Palu, a process known as soil liquefaction swept away entire neighbourhoods with rivers of soil, caused by extreme saturation of water in the earth sending ripples through the land. <br /><br />This disaster after the tsunami alone is likely responsible for thousands of missing persons, while over 60,000 people have been displaced.<br /><br />More than 450 aftershocks rocked the island since the earthquake hit on September 28.<br /><br />Almost all of the dead have been buried in mass graves, local media reported.
