The official death toll of the earthquake and tsunami on Sulawesi has risen to 2010. Rescue workers in Indonesia have carried out their search for victims Tuesday, to be able to recover as many bodies as possible.
The Indonesian authorities have increased the death toll of the earthquake and the tsunami on Sulawesi to 1944. The disaster occurred in the northwest of the island and devastated a large part of the city of Palu. There a neighborhood was swallowed by the earth. Nothing is known about the fate of about five thousand residents.
The death toll as a result of the earthquake and tsunami on Sulawesi has risen from 1558 to 1763. According to the emergency response service there is fear that there are still more than 5000 missing persons.
The lives of many villagers in Central Sulawesi have been spared because the residents were terrified by a smaller earthquake three hours before the devastating earthquake of over a week ago.
The official death toll due to the earthquake and tsunami last Friday on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has risen from more than 1400 to 1558. This has been reported by the emergency response service.
During the earthquake and tsunami last Friday on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, 1407 people were killed. This has communicated the emergency response. The number of wounded has risen to over 2,500.
The official death toll due to the devastating tsunami in the Indonesian Sulawesi region rose to 1234. The death toll stood at 844. The authorities report this. The fear is high that the number of victims will increase considerably.
While in the disaster area of Sulawesi the number of victims is increasing by the hour, there is criticism of the warning system for tsunamis of the Indonesian government. That did not work well when last Friday a heavy earthquake unleashed a devastating tidal wave.
The Indonesian authorities supply relief goods and materiel after the earthquake and flood on Sulawesi. The emergency response service says it needs more heavy equipment and manpower to store bodies on the island.
Two days after the tsunami disaster on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, rescue workers rescued a woman from a collapsed hotel in the city of Palu. The woman was taken off the second floor of the hotel Roa Roa on Sunday, according to rescue workers.
The number of deaths as a result of an earthquake and a tidal wave in the northwest of Sulawesi rose to 1203. This is reported by the Indonesian news site Kumparan, which refers to the national police. The Indonesian authorities have not yet confirmed the number.
Air traffic controller Anthonius Gunawan Agung has been able to take off a plane full of people from Sulawesi, but has had to pay the highest price for it.
Detainees in a prison on Sulawesi have caused destruction and fire in the establishment when they were not allowed to search for family.
The number of victims of the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami that hit the northwest of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has risen to more than four hundred.
Update- The authorities of Indonesia confirm that a tsunami has hit the country. Several cities have been hit, including Palu and Donggala. Videos of the event circulate on social media. According to travel organizations, the affected area is hardly popular among Dutch people, although it is not clear whether there are compatriots in the disaster area.
