More than 20 people died in the tsunami in Indonesia
MOSCOW, Dec 23 — RIA Novosti. At least 20 people were killed and 165 were injured in the tsunami that hit Sunday on the beaches off the coast of the Sunda Strait, according to the website of the National Directorate on liquidation of consequences of natural disasters Indonesia.
According to rescuers, at 04.30 local time (00.30 GMT) two more people are unaccounted for, it is not excluded that the number of victims can increase.
In late September off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi earthquake of a magnitude of 6.1, near the city of Palu. Later in the same area was recorded another earthquake of 7.4 magnitude and number of aftershocks. Pala was hit by the tsunami with a height of two meters. Victims of earthquakes and tsunami become more than 2 thousand people, more than 4.6 thousand people were injured.