Unlike other tsunamis that have hit disaster-prone Indonesia following large earthquakes, Saturday's big waves blasted ashore at night without warning
Disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the death toll had climbed to 429 on Tuesday and at least 128 were missing
Fears about a public health crisis come as the death toll from Saturday's volcano-triggered disaster rose to nearly 400 with thousands more displaced from flattened homes
Experts have said that Saturday's rare volcano-sparked tsunami could have been caused by an underwater collapse of part of the volcano
Babu Kalayil had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September, predicting a major Tsunami later this year, reported the Express Tribune.
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Dholavira is the second-largest Harappan settlement known in India
US Geological Survey puts the preliminary magnitude of the earthquake at 7.7, down from an initial estimate of 8.0
More than five years ago, a massive tsunami hit the same area killing about 18,000 people
The drill, known as IOWave 16, is being held by UNESCO-led Inter-governmental Oceanographic Commission