this is the wus line from brilliant a deadly tsunami strikes the coast of indonesia it's arrived in the dark of night without warning and now the devastation is becoming clear the death toll has climbed to more than two hundred is expected to rise and search and comb through the rubble hundreds more are injured.

i thank you for joining us indonesian rescue worker searching for survivors in the aftermath of a devastating tsunami which struck a busy tourist region on saturday nights the official death toll has risen to two hundred twenty two with more than eight hundred reported injured dozens more are unaccounted for now the tsunami swept the coastline along the soon to streets between sumatra and java it was apparently triggered by the eruption of an island volcano which sent a wall of water crashing on shore. the place where someone used to live now destroyed by the powerful way. it's just one of hundreds of homes and buildings flattened by the tsunami along the coast. the water hit with such force that it lifted cars and other vehicles. one woman spoke of the horror of the moment when the tsunami struck. seven if the i was at home

watching television at the time i just want that i had a rumbling sound and i thought it was the wind and the couch i open the door water came in quickly one dragged me out when i saw outside the sea was receding i decided to run and go as the water came again for the second time this is all. one thing that many of the survivors say is that there was no warning and they didn't see it coming. i feel traumatized as last night when we were getting our supplies such as diesel already going over some logistics suddenly a huge wave came and we started running with all our family members. i know. this you know me is thought to have been sparked by the nearby crocodile volcano which has been erupting since june. rescues

a finding out across the island to look for people still trapped or in need of help . but experts say it could take days or even weeks until the truth scale of the damage and the number of dead and injured becomes clear. earlier i spoke with freelance journalist question. based in jakarta and i asked him what the situation was like for people as a tsunami struck late saturday night. yeah. this is the holiday season. in the nation and the idea is also. have been dismissed and since it's one off the . beach from. when i heard. us that it's just. the. east coast off missed. this and us that. people os aware

that it's an earthquake or not but that is what the feel of the earthquake. that and. this year all announced one was that it wasn't a tsunami but only the high because it's a one but then it was revised by the office you know that it was a tsunami by not by the safe me if you did but by four canning act if you see caused by a. panel. and. since then i don't know it's so more than two hundred million two hundred twenty one but fifty . more than if i'm injured then they are like nine hundred out of bed in the. morning the house is also badly damaged question are you talking about who tells in the area being damaged and it being a high tourist destination can you tell us more about about the region.

yes the region is one of the closest beach. by writing. and what i heard that. about. this last weekend is. we. sampled that. in one. gathering all. company and also gathered a lot also that is a lot of. the holy day gathering in the attic especially and. so it's. mr weekend and it's just a long weekend before christmas is quite a lot so it's right and question a very brief we've now seen the scale of the devastation you obviously have

a better view of that how bad is it looking. i. i can't. first i see it could be. what i thought that this one i mean it's not that big also life on the one methyl sole. but then because that is no earthquake which means that is the arm before also den many people especially people who lived in the. tap in the place and swept by the by the weight and are also. saved that it might be this might be a fence you know for and under the tsunami because look at us like beef right now but the one that is knoll and out of the. question into kata thank you. the tsunami struck without warning dramatic footage

has surfaced of the moment the water hit during an outdoor concerts along the beach front. the local group seventeen performing as the waves suddenly crashes down on them and smashes into the audience the video of that indonesian band seventeen being swept off stage is one of the most dramatic to emerge from the disaster zone it's put a human face on this unfolding tragedy in a country that has seen more than its fair share recently the lead singer later posted an emotional message on instagram saying the band's bass player and road manager were found dead he said his wife and three of the band members a still missing and he prayed that they'd be found. we lost our bassist benny and our road manager on oki and andy.

and the hammonds and we haven't been found yet. and we asked for your prayers. right. my wife will be found quickly. but i ask you'll soon see a prayer for benny and. thank you. and the relief effort is intensifying in the aftermath of the deadly tsunami earlier i spoke to kathy from the international federation of red cross she joined us from. where she's monitoring recovery efforts of to indonesia's last major disaster and i asked what the situation was after this latest tragedy. kesler the indonesian red cross deployed teams of volunteers immediately after the tsunami last night they were on the ground again this morning and had the photos that they're sharing with us show why scene of devastation something you would expect to see after

a tsunami but harrowing nonetheless there there's debris everywhere there are cars that are washed there are motorcycles that are crushed how does which are collapsed or partially collapsed there's just agree all over the place trees have fallen down and this is what we're trying to work and i can see you sounds like there's a lot of work which needs to go in for relief efforts how many aid workers have you been able to get in. yeah we're just starting there's a response we're not even twenty four hours into it yet it looks like we're going to be there for quite a while right now it is the government of indonesia which is leading the response and then of course agencies such as the indonesian red cross support that response at the moment they have deployed a boat of thirty volunteers and staff we are also sending in fourteen water trucks

the indonesian red cross has become somewhat of an expert in purifying and distributing water since the indian ocean tsunami back in two thousand and four so they're using that in their response here in central still await me and now in the current disaster response and then as you might expect people are going to need first aid they've been injured there's always a lot of debris which is moving around in a disaster the force of the wave even though the wave itself was less than a metre high from what we understand at this moment it still packs a punch there's a lot of power behind it and so we're hearing that people have not just cut through scrapes but a lot of broken bones so the indonesian red cross is sending in twenty two ambulances fully trained medical volunteers and staff to be able to provide some of that first aid we mentioned at the beginning of our conversation the cheering pal you obviously ground zero for the devastating tsunami back in october

where you were monitoring recovery efforts how we quickly would you see indonesia is to cope with yet another major natural disaster. well and we also can't forget they were also responding still to a series of devastating earthquakes in lombok that occurred in late july and engine august so. the capacity of the country and then tunisian red cross has really grown since that indian ocean tsunami unfortunately it is a country that experiences a lot of disasters that sits on the the ring of fire so they do get a lot of earthquakes. so that that expertise has really grown exponentially since that indian ocean tsunami. kathy mueller from the international red cross in indonesia thank you so much for making time to speak to us. a so have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world rescue teams in russia zero mountains have found the bodies of nine construction workers who were

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a presence management skills that the team had fields to develop since hellish joined the took over in the summer of twenty seventeen he guided the club to a fifth place finish last season but a poor start to the current company sees them languishing in lines former coach peter bosch will replace him and officially take charge in january. and a reminder now of the top story that before going for you rescue teams are searching. tsunami struck the coast of indonesia saturday night killing at least two hundred twenty two people more than eight hundred are reported injured dozens of people remain unaccounted for the tsunami was apparently triggered by the eruption of an island volcano which sent a wall of water crashing onshore. don't forget you can always get news on the go just download from google play all from the apple store and that will give you access to all the news from around the world as well as push notifications of any breaking news you can also get to use the app to send us photos and videos.

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