Death toll from major quake on Indonesia's Lombok island rises to 98

The death toll from a 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck the popular tourist island of Lombok on Sunday night has risen to at least 98, Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency said Monday.At least 236 others were injured, while thousands of houses were destroyed in the quake that was centered on the island's northern coast at a depth of 31 kilometers, according to the agency.The majority of fatalities occurred in the worst-affected North Lombok Regency, with many victims dying after becoming buried under debris from collapsed homes, agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said."The …READ FULL ARTICLE