UPDATE: AFP confirms almost 500 dead in Indonesia.
The death toll rises after a series of tsunamis caused by an undersea quaked slammed the Samoan archipelago. Then the devastating quake in Western Sumatra, Indonesia:
"It measured 7.9, just shy of the size of earthquake that sparked [the] tsumani. ... Health Ministry crisis centre head Rustam Pakaya warning it could exceed 1,000 in the city of close to one million residents. Thousands of people were trapped as buildings, roads and bridges collapsed. The earthquake also triggered a landslide which cut power and telecommunications, resulting in further confusion."
The Padang Fault is the same fault line that triggered the catastrophic December 2004 tsunami that killed more than 200,000.
The tsunami death toll in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga is at least 110 and will likely increase. American Samoa is said to be "in ruin".
Some video from Indonesia, AFTER THE JUMP.
i can never forget the 2004 disaster... me and a group of friends were driving back home from the club and i was contemplating my celebration outfit for the dec 26/boxing day/day of goodwill (how ironic) and then my friend turned on the news and shame... now it's happening again? God be with those affected and effected!
hey rod or anyone on here... what ever happened to Nate's partner? he was on Oprah years back adn there was still a search out for him. i never followed up on the story. anyone?
Posted by: CC d'Afrique du Sud | 01 October 2009 at 06:14