18 Months baby survived the tsunami Mentawai

Mentawai - There are amazing stories behind ferociously tsunami rolls in Mentawai District, which killed hundreds of people. A baby boy aged 18 months survived after being in the grove of trees for three days.
As reported by the cbsnews, Thursday (28/10/2010), the rescue the baby was a 10-year-old boy who initially heard the baby crying in the clump of trees on the coast of South Pagai, Mentawai. The child then takes the baby to the nearest health center.
Health workers, Hermansyah said the baby suffered head injuries. Hermasyah also ensure that both parents the baby had died.

This story is only one of the many stories of pain behind the roll of the tsunami waves that swept several areas in the Mentawai Islands. Loss of life and who still have not found keeps growing.
Data obtained by the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) death toll rose to 394 people and 312 people missing.
7.2 magnitude earthquake shook the Mentawai Islands, on Monday (25/10) yesterday. The tsunami swept 4 district, the District Sikakap, North Pagai, South Pagai, and South Sipora, was reported missing.
In the Mentawai Earthquake occurred at 21:40 pm. BMKB lifted a tsunami warning an hour later. Tomorrow afternoon there has been just caught the tsunami as high as 3-7 meters in the Mentawai Islands.

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