The number of dead from an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia rose to 832 today, the national mitigation agency said. The agency said that it assessed the affected area to be bigger than initially thought. The 7.5 magnitude earthquake and the tsunami that followed hit the city of Palu, which is about 1,500 km from Jakarta, on Friday. Hundreds of people had gathered for a festival on the beach in Palu when waves as high as 18 feet smashed onshore at dusk, sweeping many to their death.
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Indonesia Earthquake, Tsunami Updates: Mass Burials As Toll Rises To 832
The 7.5 magnitude earthquake and the tsunami that followed hit the city of Palu, which is about 1,500 km from Jakarta, on Friday.
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Updated : October 01, 2018 4:43 pm IST
832 people have died due to the earthquake and tsunami that hit Palu in Indonesia
New Delhi:
Sep 30, 2018 19:38 (IST)
Rescue operations underway in the tsunami and earthquake hit region
Sep 30, 2018 18:12 (IST)
As many as 2.4 million people could have felt the quake, the disaster agency said.
The initial quake struck as evening prayers were about to begin in the world's biggest Muslim majority country on the holiest day of the week.
The initial quake struck as evening prayers were about to begin in the world's biggest Muslim majority country on the holiest day of the week.
Sep 30, 2018 18:04 (IST)
Friday's tremor was also felt in the far south of the island in its largest city Makassar and on neighbouring Kalimantan, Indonesia's portion of Borneo island.
Sep 30, 2018 17:59 (IST)
Satellite imagery provided by regional relief teams showed severe damage at some of the area's major ports, with large ships tossed on land, quays and bridges trashed and shipping containers thrown around.
Hospitals were overwhelmed by the influx of injured, with many people being treated in the open air. There were widespread power blackouts.
Hospitals were overwhelmed by the influx of injured, with many people being treated in the open air. There were widespread power blackouts.
Sep 30, 2018 17:53 (IST)
C-130 military transport aircraft with relief supplies managed to land at the main airport in Palu, which reopened to humanitarian flights and limited commercial flights, but only to pilots able to land by sight alone.
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Sep 30, 2018 17:25 (IST)
On Saturday evening residents fashioned makeshift bamboo shelters or slept out on dusty playing fields, fearing powerful aftershocks would topple damaged homes and bring yet more carnage.
Sep 30, 2018 17:18 (IST)
Amid the levelled trees, overturned cars, concertinaed homes and flotsam tossed up to 50 metres inland, survivors and rescuers struggled to come to grips with the scale of the disaster.
Sep 30, 2018 16:42 (IST)
The disaster agency said it believed about 71 foreigners were in Palu when the quake struck, with most safe. Three French nationals and a South Korean, who may have been staying at a flattened hotel, had not yet been accounted for, it added.
Sep 30, 2018 16:27 (IST)
Dozens of corpses lay in an open courtyard at the back of a Palu hospital, baking under a fierce tropical sun, with only one building separating it from an open triage site on the opposite side.
Sep 30, 2018 16:25 (IST)
Here are some pictures of the devastating earthquake:
Sep 30, 2018 16:22 (IST)
Save The Children program director Tom Howells said access was a "huge issue" hampering relief efforts.
Sep 30, 2018 16:03 (IST)
The disaster agency said it believed about 71 foreigners were in Palu when the quake struck, with most safe.
Sep 30, 2018 16:03 (IST)
In Palu on Sunday aid was trickling in, the Indonesian military had been deployed and search-and-rescue workers were doggedly combing the rubble for survivors -- looking for dozens feared trapped under one hotel alone.
Sep 30, 2018 16:02 (IST)
Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrived in the region Sunday afternoon.
Sep 30, 2018 16:02 (IST)
Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla said the final death toll in the north of Sulawesi island could be in the "thousands" since many regions have still not been reached.
Sep 30, 2018 15:00 (IST)
National disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, whose agency announced 832 deaths, says: "Today we will start the mass burial of victims, to avoid the spread of disease."
Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla said the final death toll in the north of Sulawesi island could be in the "thousands" since many regions have still not been reached.
Sep 30, 2018 14:49 (IST)
Squads of orange-clad rescue workers are clambering over the tangled remains of an Indonesian hotel, hoping to dig out 50 to 60 guests still feared trapped by the earthquake-tsunami disaster.
Authorities believe the 80-room Hotel Roa-Roa in the city of Palu on Sulawesi island was near capacity when the district was ravaged by the 7.5 magnitude quake. "It is assumed there are still 50 to 60 people trapped under the rubble," said disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
Sep 30, 2018 14:03 (IST)
A man searches for victims among the rubble of a ten-storey hotel in Palu in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi. (AFP)
Sep 30, 2018 13:37 (IST)
Donggala town has been extensively damaged, with houses swept into the sea and bodies trapped in debris, according to a Metro TV reporter on the scene.
The Red Cross said it had heard nothing from the Donggala region. "This is extremely worrying," it said in a statement. "This is already a tragedy, but it could get much worse."
Sep 30, 2018 13:27 (IST)
With most of the confirmed deaths from Palu, authorities are bracing for much worse as reports filter in from outlying areas, in particular, Donggala, a region of 300,000 people north of Palu and closer to the epicentre of the quake, and two other districts.
Indonesia Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati says the government has allocated 560 billion rupiah ($37.58 million) for disaster recovery, media reported.
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