Drone footage shows damages after quake and tsunami in Indonesia
By Reuters
30 September 2018 |
6:00 am
Aftershocks continued to rock the coastal city of Palu in Indonesia's central Sulawesi province on Saturday (September 29) following Friday's massive earthquake which triggered the tsunami.
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