Death toll from Indonesia''s quakes, tsunami soars to over 1,200

10/2/2018 - 9:23:29 AM

Death toll of earthquakes and tsunami in Central Sulawesi province of central Indonesia has climbed to 1,203 on Monday (October 1).

The death toll from a powerful earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia leapt to 1.203 on October 1. (Photo: Financial Times).

Reports released by Disaster Management Institute of Indonesia, Care for Humanity and Humanity Data Center revealed that the data was counted in the provincial capital of Palu and Donggala district, not including figures from two other affected districts of Parigi Mountong and North Mamuju.

The data was obtained from four hospitals and three villages, one sub-district and one police station, as well as one mosque in Palu city and Donggala district.

A mass burial of earthquake and tsunami victims began Monday for hundreds of bodies in the hard-hit city of Palu, as the need for heavy equipment to dig for survivors of the disaster grew increasingly desperate.

Police were providing escorts for aid convoys to prevent supplies being intercepted.

Powerful and shallow under-earth quakes of measuring 6.0, 7.4 and 6.1 magnitude and a tsunami devastated the province on Friday (September 28), with the hardest-hit area being provincial capital Palu and Donggala district.

A total of 215 after-shocks have stricken the province so far.

The tsunami with the height of 0.5 to 3 meters devastated coastal areas near Talisa beach in Palu city and Donggala district, the meteorology and geophysics agency revealed.

Source: NDO

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