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Death toll from Sulawesi tsunami reaches 384

2018-09-30 08:01:51       source:The Guardian

September 30, 2018


A powerful earthquake that rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and triggered a tsunami has killed at least 384 people with Indonesia’s vice president Jusuf Kalla warning the death toll could rise into the thousands.


Kalla said there had been “no word” yet about casualties in the Sulawesi cities of Donggala and Palu, which are home to 300,000 people.


The Red Cross said in a statement that the situation was “extremely worrying”.


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