The new toll announced by the national disaster agency was almost double the previous figure. “When it shook really hard, we all ran up into the hills,” a man identified as Iswan told Metro TV. “We all panicked and ran out of the house” when the quake hit, said Anser Bachmid, a 39-year-old Palu resident. “I just ran when I saw the waves hitting homes on the coastline,” said Palu resident Rusidanto, who like many Indonesians goes by one name. About 17,000 people had been evacuated, the government disaster agency said and that number was expected to soar.

Source: The Guardian September 30, 2018 07:30 UTC