Tag: Death Toll Rises

Jakarta: Indonesian authorities on Tuesday raised the death toll in the deadly tsunami triggered by a volcanic eruption in Sunda Strait to 429, with search and rescue teams struggling to find survivors and bodies due to heavy rain. The toll was likely to continue rising as rescue teams were still finding bodies in the water […]

Mexico City:  The toll from the powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake that rocked Mexico earlier this week has risen to 292, the national emergency management chief has said. National Civil Protection Coordinator Luis Felipe Puente said in his latest preliminary report on fatalities on Friday that the number killed in Mexico City from Tuesday’s powerful temblor had […]