this is the news line from berlin a deadly tsunami struck the coast of indonesia it arrived in the dark of night without warning and now the devastation is becoming clear that the death toll has climbed to more than two hundred and is expected to rise of course through the rubble hundreds more are injured.

i'm edith cumani 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 the tsunami swept the coastline along the streets between sumatra and java it was apparently triggered by the eruption of an island volcano which sent a wall of water crashing onto 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. sarah fifty seven of the i was at

home watching television at the time just one day when i heard a rumbling sound i thought it was the wind and the catch i open the door water came in quickly and 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 yes 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 and going over some logistics suddenly a huge wave came and we started running with all our family members was. this you know armies thought to have been sparked by the nearby crack a tar volcano which has been erupting since june. rescue was

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 base in jakarta and i asked him what the situation was like for people as the tsunami struck late saturday night. yeah. this is the holiday season. in the nation and the idea it's also a. good business nessie and since it's one off the. beach for everything from. when i heard. us that it's us. the. east coast off missed. this and us that. people os aware that there is an earthquake or not but that it's

no mode the feel of the earthquake. than. this yellow 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 say snake if you david but by four canning act if you see caused by a. panel. and then since then i don't know it's so more than two hundred thousand two hundred pentland that's fifty. more that endured in the area like nine hundred out of bed in the. morning on the house it's also met the damage question are you talking about tells in the area being damaged and it being a high tourist disinflation can you tell us more about about the region.

yes the radian is one of the closest beats. and we reach by writing. and what i heard that. weekend is. we will. sample that. if you want to go on. getting off. company and also get a lot also that is a lot of. the holy day gathering in the abbey are especially and. so it's. this weekend and it's just a long weekend before the christmas is quite. 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 my well. first i see it the. one 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 then many people in the coastal i mean. tap into place and then swept by the by the way and are also. saved that it might be this might be a potential for an under the tsunami because look in a city like beef right now but a lot of medicine old and out of the. question into kata thank

you. when the tsunami struck without warning dramatic footage has surfaced of the moment the water hit during an outdoor concert along the beach front. you can see the local group seventeen performing as the wave crashes down on them and smashes into the audience. well 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 are still missing and he prayed that they'd soon 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. we asked for your prayers. hopefully my wife will be found quickly. but i ask you see a prayer for benny and. thank you. and the relief effort is intensifying in the aftermath of that 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 her what the situation was after this latest tragedy. have toward 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 do those which are collapsed or partially collapsed there's just degree 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 to court that response at the moment they have deployed approach thirty volunteers and staff we are also

sending in the 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 spillways we and now in this current disaster response and then as you might expect people are going to need first aid them 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 him stand 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 palu obviously ground zero for the devastating tsunami back you know to back where you were monitoring recovery efforts how we quipped would you see indonesia is to cope with yet another major natural disaster. and we also can't forget they were also responding still to a series of devastating earthquakes and lombok that occurred in late july and the engine august so. the capacity of the country and the nation red cross has really grown since that indian ocean tsunami and fortunately 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 crawled exponentially since that indian ocean tsunami. from the international red cross in indonesia thank you so much for making time to speak to us let's now look at some of the other stories making news around the world president donald trump has named patrick shanahan as

the new acting u.s. secretary of defense and is the current deputy defense secretary and he'll take over from jim mattis who resigned his position citing key policy differences with president trump. hundreds of yellow vests protesters have demonstrated in tel aviv israel against the cost of living and alleged government corruption the protests which have been running for weeks were inspired by nationwide demonstrations in france. rescue teams in russia zero mountains have found the bodies of nine construction workers who were trapped inside a burning for tash mine a fire erupted saturday at the mine operated by first night as a company rushes mining industry is accident prone due to poor safety standards. as look at football now in sunday's bundesliga matches have kicked off with full. grabbing a late winner against oxburgh to win three two now let's have

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