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Surveying the Damage: Scenes From the Indonesia Tsunami Witness: Scenes From the Indonesian Tsunami
(about 1 hour later)
Desperate search and rescue efforts were underway on Monday in the wake of a devastating 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and unleashed a 20-foot tsunami. When the New York Times photographer Adam Dean arrived in Palu, Indonesia, on Monday, he found death and devastation in every direction.
When New York Times photographer Adam Dean arrived at the scene, fuel, electricity and food were in short supply after the twin natural disasters on Friday. More than 800 people have died, and thousands more are feared dead. Tens of thousands of people have been left homeless and several areas remain cut off from any assistance. The earthquake and tsunami that struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday had killed more than 800 people and destroyed thousands of buildings. Hungry people were begging for aid and armed men were scavenging ripped-open stores. Rescuers, lacking heavy equipment, were clawing through the rubble by hand, still hoping to find survivors.
Thousands of buildings in the city of Palu were destroyed, including several mosques, the eight-story Roa Roa Hotel and a shopping mall. The tsunami also pounded the nearby fishing community of Donggala. They had not even reached more remote areas, where there could be thousands more dead.
Officials in Palu, where bodies covered in tarps lined the streets, said they were digging a mass grave for at least 300 of the dead. Among the survivors, the injuries ran the gamut. Mr. Dean met a woman at a hospital named Sarah Wati, who was in tears. Ms. Wati, 20, an unemployed mother of one, had been caught in a crowd that was trying to loot an A.T.M. The police fired shots to disperse the looters and a bullet struck her foot.
Here are images by Mr. Dean and others of the quake and tsunami aftermath.Here are images by Mr. Dean and others of the quake and tsunami aftermath.