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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 highest death toll was in Hafun, with 19 dead and 160 people presumed missing out of its 5,000 inhabitants. This was the highest number of casualties in a single African town and the largest tsunami death toll in a single town to the west of the Indian subcontinent. Small drawbacks were observed before the third and most powerful tsunami ...
Lack of warnings on the arrival of the tsunami, coinciding with the Christmas and New Year holiday season in the nation, and night time setting in the area contributed to the large loss of life. With 426 deaths, the tsunami was the deadliest volcanic tsunami in Indonesia since the 1883 Krakatoa tsunami, which originated from the same island. [7]
A warden for a prison in Palu reported that more than half of its 560 inmates fled in panic as the prison walls collapsed. [ 65 ] An assessment made by the Ministry of Education and Culture showed that nearly 3,000 schools had been damaged by the earthquake and tsunami [ 66 ] and more than 100,000 students [ 67 ] and 20,000 teachers were ...
India women offer tributes in memory of the victims of the 2004 tsunami on the 20th anniversary of the tragedy (AP) Today, many wept as they placed flowers at a mass grave in Ulee Lheue village ...
The death toll from the tsunami that hit Indonesian islands without warning Saturday night has passed 420 with more than 1,400 people injured. Tsunami death toll in Indonesia soars past 400 Skip ...
250 deaths caused by tsunami. Run up heights of 14 metres on Eastern Java coast, 5 metres on Bali coasts. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami: 26 December 2004: Aceh Large earthquake near Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia causing a transoceanic tsunami One of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history, with a death toll of 227,898.
JAKARTA (Reuters) -A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck west of Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Tuesday, Indonesia's geophysics agency (BMKG) said, triggering a tsunami warning for around two hours.