At least 10,000 people have been evacuated from Lombok in the wake of the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck the Indonesian island on Sunday.
Saturated media coverage of hurricanes like Harvey and Irma can make it seem like disasters happen all the time. Is the frequency of billion-dollar disasters really rising?
Once again, a cataclysmic disaster has hit an Asian nation. But a well co-ordinated aid response mindful of lessons from other disasters could mean a faster recovery.
Aid operations are struggling to reach those affected by Typhoon Haiyan three days after the storm struck the Philippines.
Residents of Pakistan’s Balochistan Province say flooding in August followed by an earthquake in September have been too much to bear, coming as they did just a few years after a devastating cyclone.