Having been to Yogyakarta, I’m not at all surprised to see death tolls climbing rapidly. The city is surrounded by a massive sprawl of flimsy-looking shanties, and the earthquake made thousands of people’s homes collapse on them while they slept. If you’re feeling charitable, the Red Cross is aiding the relief effort.
A silver lining: The amazing Borobudur temple, the largest Buddhist monument in the word, is unharmed. But some of the shrines at the Hindu Prambanan temple have been damaged.
