At least 832 dead in Indonesia quake-tsunami disaster: official

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JAKARTA, Sept 30, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – The death toll from Indonesia’s quake
and tsunami disaster has soared to 832 and could climb higher, the disaster
agency said Sunday.

So far, it said, almost all the deaths had been recorded in Palu, two days
after waves 1.5 metres (five feet) high slammed into the city of 350,000 on
Sulawesi island.

Eleven deaths had been recorded in the region of Donggala to the north of
Palu, it said.