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Man drowns in tsunami wave in Indonesia
March 13, 2011
THE tsunami generated by the massive earthquake that struck Japan claimed another victim - this time as far away as Indonesia, the Jakarta Globe reported.
The paper said Darwanto Odang, 35, from Papua province died when he fell from a boat as he attempted to rescue family members from the waters.
The tsunami also destroyed a number of homes and a bridge in Tobati village on a separate island in Youtefa bay, the Globe reported.
heraldsun
One killed as tsunami reaches Papua
March 12 2011
Jakarta - One person was killed and houses damaged when a tsunami reached Indonesia's Papua province following a devastating earthquake in Japan, state media reported Saturday.
The wave, measuring two metres high, hit a coastal village in Muara Tami district at around midnight Friday, hours after the government lifted a tsunami warning triggered by the quake in Japan earlier in the day, the state-run Antara news agency reported.
The wave destroyed houses, leaving at least 19 families homeless, and damaged dozens of boats, Antara said.
?The wave travelled 200 metres from the coast, but luckily people had fled at that time,? resident Godlief Samallo was quoted as saying.
But a 35-year-old resident identified as Darwanto Odang was swept away by the wave as he tried to safe his family. His body was found on Saturday afternoon, Antara said.
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March 13, 2011
THE tsunami generated by the massive earthquake that struck Japan claimed another victim - this time as far away as Indonesia, the Jakarta Globe reported.
The paper said Darwanto Odang, 35, from Papua province died when he fell from a boat as he attempted to rescue family members from the waters.
The tsunami also destroyed a number of homes and a bridge in Tobati village on a separate island in Youtefa bay, the Globe reported.
heraldsun
One killed as tsunami reaches Papua
March 12 2011
Jakarta - One person was killed and houses damaged when a tsunami reached Indonesia's Papua province following a devastating earthquake in Japan, state media reported Saturday.
The wave, measuring two metres high, hit a coastal village in Muara Tami district at around midnight Friday, hours after the government lifted a tsunami warning triggered by the quake in Japan earlier in the day, the state-run Antara news agency reported.
The wave destroyed houses, leaving at least 19 families homeless, and damaged dozens of boats, Antara said.
?The wave travelled 200 metres from the coast, but luckily people had fled at that time,? resident Godlief Samallo was quoted as saying.
But a 35-year-old resident identified as Darwanto Odang was swept away by the wave as he tried to safe his family. His body was found on Saturday afternoon, Antara said.
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