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Death toll from Indonesia tsunami rises to 222: officials
JAKARTA, Dec 23, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – The death toll from a volcano-triggered
tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 222, with more than 800 people injured,
officials said Sunday.
“222 people are dead, 843 people are injured and 28 people are missing,”
Indonesia’s national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.
“This number is predicted to increase because not all victims have been
successfully evacuated, not all health centres have reported victims and not
all locations have got complete data.”
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1654 hrs