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| Indonesia tsunami: Death toll rises to over 1,200 | Indonesia tsunami: Death toll rises to over 1,200 |
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| The number of people known to have died in Indonesia in Friday's earthquake and tsunami has risen to more than 1,200, the country's disaster response agency says. | |
| The death toll jumped on Tuesday from a previous confirmed figure of 844. | The death toll jumped on Tuesday from a previous confirmed figure of 844. |
| The 7.5-magnitude quake struck just off the central island of Sulawesi, setting off a tsunami that hit the coastal city of Palu. | The 7.5-magnitude quake struck just off the central island of Sulawesi, setting off a tsunami that hit the coastal city of Palu. |
| People there are growing increasingly desperate for food, fuel and water. | People there are growing increasingly desperate for food, fuel and water. |
| There are fears some survivors may still be trapped under the rubble of buildings. | |
| Indonesian Red Cross officials have told the BBC that 34 Indonesian students whose bodies were found under a church buried by a mudslide were among those killed. | Indonesian Red Cross officials have told the BBC that 34 Indonesian students whose bodies were found under a church buried by a mudslide were among those killed. |
| They were among a group of 86 students reported missing from a Bible camp in the Jonooge Church Training Centre. The whereabouts of the other 52 students are not known. | They were among a group of 86 students reported missing from a Bible camp in the Jonooge Church Training Centre. The whereabouts of the other 52 students are not known. |