Inani lokufa kwintlekele yenyikima-tsunami e-Sulawesi, e-Indonesia iphindwe kabini, inyuke ibe yi-832, kunye nabantu abali-540 abalimele, ngokutsho kwamagosa ase-Indonesia. Usekela-Mongameli wase-Indonesia uJusuf Kalla uthe inani lokugqibela labaswelekileyo linokuba “ngamawaka.” I-arhente ye-geophysics yase-Indonesia yayiphakamisile #tsunami isilumkiso kwimizuzu engama-34 emva kokuba ikhutshwe okokuqala. "Konke okucacileyo" kunokuba negalelo kwinani eliphezulu lokufa.
Imeko iya isiba mandundu njengoko amanzi nokutya kuphantsi kwemfuno emfutshane kwaye ukuphanga kuyanwenwa.
Namhlanje ukungcwatywa ngobuninzi kwamaxhoba, ukuthintela ukwanda kwezifo kusendleleni. Umongameli wase-Indonesia uWidodo ufike ngeCawa kwisixeko sasePalu, enye yeendawo ezitshatyalaliswe yinyikima kunye netsunami eyalandelayo, ukuze azijonge ngokwakhe intshabalalo.
Phantse abantu abayi-17,000 baye babalekela kwiindawo zokuhlala ze-24, ngokutsho kwe-Arhente yeSizwe yokuNciphisa iNtlekele. Abantu bavaleleke kumabhodlo kwisixeko sasePalu kwaye basavakala bekhala becela uncedo, utshilo u-Muhammad Syaugi, intloko ye-arhente yokukhangela nokuhlangula e-Indonesia.
'Eyona nto siyifuna ngamandla ngoku ngoomatshini abakhulu bokucoca inkunkuma,' utshilo uSyaugi. 'Ndinabasebenzi bam phantsi, kodwa akunakwenzeka nje ukuthembela kumandla abo kuphela ukucima oku.'
I-tsunami enkulu yeemitha ezintandathu yabetha i-Palu kunye ne-Donggala kwiphondo eliphakathi kwe-Sulawesi elandelwa yinyikima ye-7.5-magnitude ngoLwesihlanu. Ummandla unamava emva kwe-209 kunye nomonakalo omkhulu kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, iindlela, unxibelelwano kunye nezinye iziseko ezibalulekileyo.
I-Red Cross yathi kwingxelo, 'Asizange sive nto ku-Donggala kwaye oku kuyakhathaza kakhulu. Kukho abantu abangaphezu kwama-300,000 abahlala apho. Le sele iyintlekele, kodwa inokuba mbi ngakumbi.'
Ilizwi laseMelika owayesakuba yintloko yeofisi eJakarta uFrans Padak Demon, owayesePalu xa kwantlithwa itsunami, uqikelela ukuba bebaninzi 'ngamawaka abantu eTalise Beach' malunga nentsimbi yesi-5 ngokuhlwa ngoLwesihlanu kumsitho wokukhumbula isikhumbuzo sesixeko. kaPalu.
Emva kokuba ihotele yakhe idilikile, uDemon uxelele inkonzo yase-Indonesia yase-VOA ukuba uye waya kwindawo ephezulu kunye nenkosikazi eyaye yafumana ukulimala kobutyobo kuquka iinkuni ezidilikileyo ezacholwa ngamaza. Uthi lo mama wamxelela ukuba abantwana bakhe abane bakhukuliswe yitsunami.
