On the morning of September 28, the Indonesian island of Sulawesi shook with a force of 6.1, then 7.4 points.. Even houses built to meet the requirements of seismic, do not always withstand such tremors. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at a depth of 10 kilometers 79 kilometers from the city of Palu, a major administrative center of the island of Sulawesi with a population of more than 350 thousand people.
Later, with an interval of 10 minutes followed by aftershocks with a magnitude of 5.8 points. The earthquake led to the destruction of many buildings, the emergence of deep cracks on the roads. The saddest thing is that the island’s authorities have reported that there is no tsunami threat.. There were many people on Palu beach - people gathered to celebrate the city day. And then a powerful wave struck. Only those who managed to climb somewhere above 6 meters were saved.. Over 250 police officers were to follow the order, but there is still no information about any of them.. The number of victims is growing to this day.. In the city, houses, hotels, shopping centers, hospitals, bridges were destroyed, electricity was cut off. So many people were under the ruins of the hotel "Roa Roa". The landslide blocked the main road to Pal, which complicated the rescue operation. 16 thousand people were forced to leave home. The cities of Sigi and Dongala, which are located close to the epicenter, suffered greatly..
Authorities ask people not to panic and not enter destroyed buildings. It is now known that more than 1,200 people died from the earthquake and tsunami, and this is not the final number. Hurriedly created open-air hospitals are filled with wounded, of which several thousand people, the fate of many people is simply unknown. So the number of victims can reach several thousand people.. Many people just went to the sea. This was stated by the Vice-President of Indonesia, Yusaf Kallu.. The number of deaths in poor neighborhoods is still unknown.
On Sunday, the injured people were taken out of the disaster area by aircraft.. Troops and volunteers from among the local residents who did not suffer themselves take part in the rescue operation. Help needs more than 2.5 million Indonesians. There were also cases of looting - robbery of the destroyed shops, discharge of fuel from damaged cars. The situation is controlled by Indonesian President Joko Vidodo. Meanwhile, soil fluctuations continue.. It is known that there are about 70 foreigners in the disaster zone, but there is no information about the affected Russians..
Tragedy in Indonesia obscured other, smaller. However, now the typhoon "Trami" has fallen on the Japanese island of Okinawa - heavy rain, landslides, a hurricane tears off the roofs of houses, brings down pillars and trees, overturns cars. This is the 24th typhoon of this season..
From Tunisia, which has become a fashionable destination for Russian tourists, many bring photographs taken in the desert against the background of camels.. However, since September 18, the northeast of Tunisia poured rain. In some places, the water level rose by almost 2 meters.. The death toll is nearing ten.
City hotel Khayam Garden just flooded, people urgently evacuated. Destroyed homes and hotels, beaches, bridges, roads, damaged the international airport "Enfida-Hammamet". From the accumulated water collapsed overlapping structures. Several hundred tourists can not leave Tunisia. And in Tunisia, due to flooding, it also became difficult to place them.. Floating cars in Tunisia can not be seen, but today is a common phenomenon. Many Russian airports cancel flights to Tunisia.