- Title: INDONESIA: RELIEF TEAMS STRUGGLE TO RESCUE TIDAL WAVE VICTIMS
- Date: 5th June 1994
- Summary: PANCUR, INDONESIA (JUNE 5, 1994) 1. GVS: WOODEN HOMES ON GROUND AFTER QUAKE (2 SHOTS) 0.06 2. GVS: RELIEF WORKERS NEAR OCEAN/ WRECKAGE (3 SHOTS) 0.17 3. SV: MILITARY OFFICERS INSPECTING SITE 0.20 4. GVS: RELIEF WORKERS REMOVING WRECKAGE (4 SHOTS) 0.39 5. CU: WOMEN WATCHING 0.42 6. GV: DEAD BODY BEING PLACED IN AMBULANCE 0.53 7. GV/CU: BULLDOZER REMOVING WRECKAGE (2 SHOTS) 1.01 8. CUS: PEOPLE WATCHING (2 SHOTS) 1.07 9. GVS: PEOPLE SALVAGING BELONGINGS (2 SHOTS) 1.15 10. GV PAN/CU: AID IN WAREHOUSE/ AID WORKERS UNLOADING SUPPLIES (2 SHOTS) 1.24 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: PANCUR, INDONESIA
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- Country: Indonesia
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- Story Text: Indonesian relief teams on Sunday (June 5) struggled to reach further victims of tidal waves that struck a remote area of east Java following an earthquake last Friday (June 3).
Geophysicists in Jakarta, 888 kilometres (550 miles) away, said the area had been hit by 1,082 aftershocks since the quake, which measured 5.9 on the Richter scale. Two aftershocks measured 6.0 and 5.7.
Officials say at least 201 people died when up to 12 tidal waves crashed into this scenic fishing region, at a time when most people were asleep.
Dozens are believed missing but the exact figure is unknown because of scarce information about the local population in a region noted for its wildlife and tourist attractions.
Palm tree-lined beaches along a 100-kilometre (60-mile) stretch of coast are covered with mud and debris from thousands of battered homes.
At least two bloated bodies were washed ashore at the weekend in Pancur, where at least 107 people died.
Pancur is a tangle of debris, including shattered homes tossed more than 100 metres (yards) inland by the four-metre (13-ft) high waves, broken palm trees and smashed fishing boats.
There was little news from five other towns and villages in the region, partly because of poor roads and a lack of telecommunications.
It was Indonesia's worst tidal wave disaster since 1992 when more than 2,000 people were killed on Flores Island, east of Bali, in a powerful earthquake and ensuing wave.
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