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The death toll from a tsunami that hit the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra after a volcano erupted rose to at least 280 on Monday, officials said.
The death toll of an earthquake and tsunami that hit two Indonesia cities has reached at least 384 as rescuers battle to reach victims in devastated areas. The cities of Palu and Donggala bore the ...
Indonesia was the worst affected area, with most death toll estimates at around 170,000. [118] The death toll for Indonesia alone may be as high as 172,761 lives. [ 119 ] An initial report by Siti Fadilah Supari , the Indonesian Minister of Health at the time, estimated the death total to be as high as 220,000 in Indonesia alone, giving a total ...
Today, many wept as they placed flowers at a mass grave in Ulee Lheue village, where over 14,000 unidentified tsunami victims are buried. It is one of several mass graves in Banda Aceh, the ...
As of 31 December, the death toll was 437, with 14,059 reported injured and 24 missing. [1] [35] Indonesian officials later revised the death toll to 426, with 24 reported missing and at least 7,202 injured in total. [2] Survivors reported a pungent smell of dead bodies due to the ever-increasing number of deaths. [36]
The Mentawai Islands may have acted as a barrier, shielding the Sumatran coast by absorbing the brunt of the tsunami. [15] As of October 30, 2010, the confirmed death toll stands at 435, with 110 more unaccounted for. Many of the missing are believed to have been swept out to sea. [3]
More than 400 people were confirmed killed as tsunami waves triggered by an earthquake crashed into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Toll seen rising after Indonesian quake, tsunami kills ...
Indonesia was the first country to be seriously affected by the earthquake and tsunami created by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on 26 December 2004, swamping the northern and western coastal areas of Sumatra, and the smaller outlying islands off Sumatra.