Hundreds killed in Indonesia disaster

Picture of destruction: Residents making their way along a street full of debris after the earthquake and tsunami hit Palu on Sulawesi island. — AFP

Palu (Indonesia): Nearly 400 people were killed when a powerful quake sent a tsunami barrelling into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials said, 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.