Indonesia tsunami update: Where is Palu? How many people have died?
HUNDREDS of people have died after a six-metre (18ft) high tsunami in Indonesia hit the city of Palu - but how many people exactly were killed and where is Palu?
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Dozens of people are missing and 540 people have been injured, according to the latest estimates from authorities.
However, Indonesia's Vice President Jusuf Kalla said the death toll could rise to thousands.
The massive wave smashed into Palu’s beach not long after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Sulawesi at 12.02pm BST (6.02pm local time) on Friday.
Hundreds of people were celebrating a festival on the beach at the time after an earlier tsunami warning was cancelled by Indonesia's meteorological and geophysics agency BMKG.
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency BNPB said: “When the (tsunami) threat arose yesterday, people were still doing their activities on the beach and did not immediately run and they became victims.
"The tsunami didn't come by itself, it dragged cars, logs, houses, it hit everything on land.”
How many people have died?
At least 384 people were killed yesterday, with many of the dead believed to have perished when the wave struck ashore in Palu, according to Mr Nugroho.
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The city is located at the north of Sulawesi about 1,025 miles north of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on neighbouring island Java.
Dongala, a fishing town close to the epicentre of the earthquake, is believed to have experienced major damage but communications have not been able to get through yet.
Local newspaper reports say at least 30 people were killed at Undata Regional Hospital in Palu, although authorities have yet to confirm this.
Where is Palu?
More than 600,000 people live in Palu and Dongala.
Palu sits at the mouth of Palu River and feeds into the Makassar Strait, a narrow channel feeding int the west-central Pacific Ocean.
The surrounding region is mountainous and popular with paragliders.
The nearest airport to the city is Mutiara Sis Al-Jufri Airport.
A traffic air controller, 21, who cleared an airplane for takeoff at the airport as the huge earthquake hit later died of his injuries, officials confirmed.
Anthonius Gunawan Agung waited until the Batik Air plane left the runway before plunging from the fourth floor, Didiet KS Radityo, corporate secretary of the Indonesian Flight Navigation Service Institution (AirNav Indonesia), told The Jakarta Post.
He died of his extensive injuries before a helicopter could transport him to hospital.
The airport is expected to open today.
Cargo planes have been sent from Jakarta to carry relief aid, according to Indonesian chief security minister Wiranto.