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In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 20-18, photo, an earthquake victim is bandaged at a makeshift hospital in Palu, Central Sulawesi Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, photo, a man sits in the shade of a sheet of a corrugated tin surrounded by earthquake debris in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, photo, an Indonesian rescue team carries the body of a victim following an earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, photo, a police K9 unit continues to search for victims in the wreckage following earthquakes and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, photo, a boy looks out from his house window damaged by an earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, photo, a child recovers after his left hand was amputated after being injured in the massive earthquake in Palu, Central Sulawesi Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, photo, a man carries a sack containing food scavenged from an abandoned warehouse damaged in an earthquake and tsunami-affected area in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Indonesia. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, photo, rescue teams recover bodies from the earthquake-damaged Roa-Roa Hotel in Palu, Central Sulawesi Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, photo, men dig through sodden piles of food inside an abandoned warehouse following an earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, photo, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, talks to media after visiting the earthquake and tsunami-damaged Roa-Roa Hotel. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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In this Oct. 3, 2018, photo, men are silhouetted at an earthquake-damaged warehouse in the affected area in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, photo, a damaged car sits in floodwater after it was swept ashore by the tsunami that following an earthquake in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, a man carries recovered items from the damaged warehouse from Friday's tsunami at a neighborhood in Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, file photo, a ship rests near houses after it was swept ashore during Friday's tsunami at a neighborhood in Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

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In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, a car is lifted above the ground following a massive earthquake-induced tsunami at Talise beach in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims was being prepared in a hard-hit city Monday as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster that struck a central Indonesian island three days ago grows desperate. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, a man carry items he saved from the rubble following a major earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Rifki, File)

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, file photo, heavy machinery is used to bury tsunami and earthquake victims during a mass burial in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Rifki, File)

AP PHOTOS: Indonesia copes with humanitarian crisis

By Associated Press AP

PUBLISHED 2:09 PM ET May. 09, 2019

PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami struck central Indonesia's Sulawesi island, residents and rescuers are still trying to cope with the humanitarian crisis.

The official death toll increased Wednesday to 1,407, with thousands injured and more than 70,000 displaced from their homes.

Aid was slowly making its way into areas devastated by the disasters. One neighborhood's residents clapped, cheered and high-fived in their excitement at seeing a stopped truck laden with supplies.

The U.N. humanitarian office said "needs are vast," with people urgently requiring shelter, clean water, food, fuel and emergency medical care.

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This gallery was curated by Associated Press photo editor Wally Santana in Bangkok.