Palu: More than six months after devastating natural disaster that battered the Indonesian city of Palu claiming lives of over 4,400 people, the city is yet to recover.
Thousands of survivors are still living in tents without running water or electricity.
On 28 September, 2018 an earthquake struck the island of Sulawesi, triggering a tsunami and liquefying soil into rivers of sludge that sucked much of Palu into the ground.
Officially, about 173,000 people were displaced, and about 20,000 are still living in tents. The actual number without stable housing is much higher.
Though the tragedy is fading from the national consciousness, large parts of Palu look like they were struck only yesterday, a daily reminder to residents of the horrors they lived through and how little reconstruction has taken place since it happened.
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The government of President Joko Widodo, who's seeking re-election later this week, promised financial assistance for people left bereaved or homeless, but so far no money has been paid out.
"We were so happy to hear we would get some assistance and were expecting it, but so far we haven't had anything," Widodo said.
