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Indonesia Tsunami Death Toll Tops 1,900 with 5,000 Still Missing

HeadlineOct 08, 2018

In Indonesia, the death toll from last month’s massive earthquake and tsunami has risen to more than 1,900, with some 60,000 people displaced after an 18-foot wall of water swept miles into the island of Sulawesi. Authorities warn some 5,000 people remain missing, many of them likely swept out to sea or trapped under rubble that could take months or years to clear.

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