Tuesday, October 26, 2010

At least 160 missing after tsunami hits Indonesia

At least 160 missing after tsunami hits Indonesia

As information comes in in dribs and drabs first it was 8 to 10 Australian Surfers missing along with the ship "Southern Cross" of Indonesia. Now it is women and children from a village hit by the tsunami in Indonesia. 

begin quote from above reuters news article:

(Reuters) - At least 160 people, mostly women and children, are missing from an Indonesian village that was pounded by an enormous wave after an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra caused a local tsunami, officials said on Tuesday.
The 7.5 magnitude quake hit 78 km west of South Pagai in the Mentawai islands late Monday and destroyed most buildings in the coastal village of Betu Monga, said Hardimansyah, an official with the regional branch of the Department of Fisheries.
"Of the 200 people living in that village, only 40 have been found. 160 are still missing, mostly women and children," he told Reuters by phone.
"We have people reporting to the security post here that they could not hold onto their children, that they were swept away. A lot of people are crying." end quote.

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