Png Toll Unknown

VANIMO.- Relief workers sealed off the most devastated areas of Papua New Guinea's West Sepik coast yesterday, to allow hundreds and perhaps thousands of unrecovered bodies - victims of a series of tidal waves a week ago - to decompose. The official death count stands at more than 1300, but 6000

Png Tidal Wave Terror Toll: 3000

VANIMO.- Efforts to save injured survivors of the tidal waves which devastated northern Papua New Guinea intensified yesterday as officials feared the death toll could rise to at least 3000. John Tekwie, governor of the West Sepik province hit by the three waves late on Friday, said the number

Quake Sparks Tsunami

Tidal waves start as an insignificant ripple on the ocean's surface capable of passing under a ship unnoticed, but they become giants as they approach land, destroying everything in their path. A tidal wave, or tsunami, three of which smashed into the Papua New Guinea coast on Friday, can be cau