An aerial video shows the moment an Indonesian village was wiped out in the devastating tsunami and earthquake, amid fears decaying bodies of the victims could cause a further public health crisis.
The death toll has climbed again to 1,649 and hundreds of people are still missing, eight days after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake sent destructive waves barrelling into the seaside city.
Shocking overhead footage shows the ground turning to mud and thousands of homes being torn apart and sucked into the earth as the natural disaster struck last week.
With the search still going - and as many as a thousand people still potentially missing - there are fears that vast numbers of decomposing bodies may still be buried beneath the city and could contaminate the rescue workers.
Officials said the the worst-hit areas would have to be declared mass graves and left untouched, with rescue workers vaccinated amid fears they could contract diseases such as typhoid or cholera.
Rescue workers and a soldier remove a victim of last week's earthquake in the Balaroa neighbourhood in Palu on Saturday as officials said the death toll had risen again
Indonesian and Japanese military personnel unload relief aid from a Japan Air Force plane
Residents walk towards the gate before boarding military airplanes for evacuations at the Mutiara SIS Al-Jufrie Airport in Palu, eight days after the devastating tsunami-quake
Hopes of finding more survivors are fading but the country's president Joko Widodo has said all of the victims must be found.
The areas of Petobo and Balaroa have been virtually wiped off the map, with soldiers wearing masks to ward off the stench of death clambering over mounds of mud and brick.
'Most of the bodies we have found are not intact, and that poses a danger for the rescuers. We have to be very careful to avoid contamination,' Indonesia's search and rescue body said.
After days of delays, international aid is slowly making its way to the disaster zone, where the UN says almost 200,000 people need humanitarian assistance.
This morning French rescue experts began hunting through a huge expanse of debris on the outskirts of Palu, while the Japanese air force unloaded relief aid from a cargo plane.
British military experts and an RAF A400M aircraft stationed in the Middle East have also been sent to help in the relief effort.
Indonesian soldiers carry a dead body from the debris in Perumnas Balaroa village today
Kusniran, 34, who lost her newborn baby Grace Suharso, at a floating hospital in Pantoloan
Indonesian people check for valuable items at a devastated area in Mamboro on Saturday
A part of a collapsed mosque is seen along with debris at Perumnas Balaroa village today
A victim of last week's earthquake is recovered in the Balaroa neighbourhood in Palu today
Hundreds of people are believed to be entombed in slowly drying mud that enveloped communities in the south of the small city.
Bodies like these can easily fuel the spread of typhoid or cholera.
Thousands of survivors continued to stream out of Palu to nearby cities in the aftermath of the disaster. Hospitals remain overstretched and short on staff and supplies.
The authorities say they will take finger prints and digital images to allow for facial recognition technology at a later date, making sure the dead do not remain anonymous.
Survivors have ransacked shops and supply trucks in the hunt for basic necessities, prompting security forces to round up dozens of suspected looters and warn that they will open fire on thieves.
Hundreds of people rushed a truck on Saturday carrying gas cylinders for cooking, with long and desperate queues quickly forming.
One supermarket that opened its doors refused to allow people inside, instead passing goods through the door as armed troops stood watch.
Indonesian rescuers recover bodies from the debris in Palu eight days after the disaster
Indonesian soldiers walk through debris at Perumnas Balaroa village as rescue work continues
The remains of a mosque destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami seen in Palu this morning
A damaged boat is seen stranded on a beach in Mamboro today a week after the disaster
A local resident inspects some ruins in Petobo, Palu, more than a week after the earthquake and tsunami hit the island
A convoy of five hundred trucks laden with donated food, cooking oil and other essentials was on its way to Palu.
Project HOPE, a medical NGO, said only two of its 82 staff in Palu had reported for duty since the quake.
'We still don't know the fate of the clinic doctors, nurses and technicians who usually staff the clinic,' the organisation said in a statement.
A floating hospital run by the Indonesian navy and docked in Palu has already assisted with the delivery of four babies, local media reported.
Getting vital supplies to the affected areas has proved hugely challenging, with the number of flights able to land at Palu's small airport still limited, leaving aid workers facing gruelling overland journeys.
Oxfam had sent water treatment units and purification kits to Palu and Swiss aid teams on the ground were providing drinking water and emergency shelter, both said in statements Saturday.
Displaced people queue for water at a temporary camp in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Saturday
An Indonesian search and rescue member walks near a collapsed mosque on Saturday
Indonesian patients get medical treatment at the floating hospital KRI Soeharso on Saturday
Marines carry a patient into the floating hospital KRI Soeharso, run by the Indonesian navy
A local resident navigates the ruins of Petobo in Palu with a clock seen at a damaged house
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