Indonesian Earthquake and Tsunami

On September 28 a 7.5 magnitude earthquake, with more lateral than vertical movement, was detected near the central island of Sulawesi. The earthquake was the followed by a devastating tsunami that ravaged Palu, a coastal city in Indonesia. Over 1,300 lives have been lost as a direct result of theses two terrifying natural disasters and the Red Cross estimates that over 1.6 million have been affected. Also, the affects are made worse by the damaged roads and bridges which makes getting aid to those in need extremely difficult. Because of this the military has been charged with the task of flying aid into the airport, and getting evacuees and those injured out. The military has been given control of the airport to accomplish their task. In addition, people have resulted to looting in a desperate attempt to survive, causing strife between the authorities and civilians of areas that have been affected. The article does not say how many people are missing, but I suspect that there are a lot because the search beneath rubble continues, I just hope that many are found alive.
Link to the article:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45716915

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