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Desperate search for survivors as Indonesia tsunami death toll climbs
At least 281 people have so far been reported dead, a figure that Indonesian authorities say will continue to rise
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Dozens still missing after Indonesia tsunami
A total of 62 people have been confirmed dead in addition to 600 injured
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Cost of climate-linked disasters soars to $2.25trn
United Nations reveals the economic cost of climate-related disasters over the last two decades
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Time running out for survivors as Indonesia toll nears 1,400
Almost 200,000 people need urgent help, the UN’s humanitarian office said, among them tens of thousands of children, with an estimated 66,000 homes destroyed or damaged by the 7.5-magnitude quake and the tsunami it spawned
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Indonesian air traffic controller hailed as quake hero
Officials say Anthonius Gunawan Agung refused to leave his post until he got an Batik Air plane off the ground, while his colleagues who were not handling aircraft departed
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In pictures: Hundreds killed in Indonesia quake-tsunami
Nearly 400 people were killed when a powerful quake sent a tsunami barrelling into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials said Saturday, as hospitals struggled to cope with hundreds of injured and rescuers scrambled to reach the stricken region. The national disaster agency put the official death toll so far at 384, all of them in the tsunami-struck city of Palu, but warned the toll was likely to rise. Some 540 people have been badly injured, it added.