Makeshift morgue, collapsed buildings after Indonesia tsunami
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(30 Sep 2018) Clean-up efforts were under way on Sunday, following a recent earthquake and tsunami which devastated the Indonesian coastal city of Palu. The city is built around a narrow bay that apparently magnified the force of the tsunami waters as they raced into the tight inlet. A mosque, which was heavily damaged by the quake, was seen half-submerged and a shopping mall was reduced to a crumpled hulk. A tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake smashed into two cities and several settlements on Sulawesi island at dusk Friday. The death toll stood at 384, with all of the confirmed fatalities coming in the hard-hit city of Palu, but it was expected to rise once rescuers were able to reach surrounding coastal areas, said disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. He said other people were unaccounted for, without giving an estimate. The nearby cities of Donggala and Mamuju were also ravaged, but little information was available due to damaged roads and disrupted telecommunications. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/5c7e0fc6a29086c076e08f3aac60fbea
