国际英语资讯:Death toll from Indonesia tsunami climbs to 373 as rescue efforts continue
<p><span word="PANDEGLANG">PANDEGLANG</span>/<span word="SERANG">SERANG</span>, <span word="Indonesia">Indonesia</span>, <span word="Dec">Dec</span>. 24-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="deadly">deadly</span> <span word="tsunami">tsunami</span> <span word="hitting">hitting</span> <span word="Sunda">Sunda</span> <span word="Strait">Strait</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="Indonesia">Indonesia</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="risen">risen</span> <span word="to">to</span> 373, <span word="with">with</span> 1,459 <span word="others">others</span> <span word="injured">injured</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="amid">amid</span> <span word="challenges">challenges</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="damaged">damaged</span> <span word="access">access</span>.</p><p><span word="Hundreds">Hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="personnel">personnel</span>, <span word="police">police</span>, <span word="rescuers">rescuers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="volunteers">volunteers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="conducting">conducting</span> <span word="search">search</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coastlines">coastlines</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="Java">Java</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="Sumatra">Sumatra</span> <span word="islands">islands</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="struck">struck</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deadly">deadly</span> <span word="tsunami">tsunami</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="underwater">underwater</span> <span word="landslide">landslide</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Anak">Anak</span> <span word="Krakatau">Krakatau</span> <span word="volcano">volcano</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="erupting">erupting</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="months">months</span>.</p><p><span word="Rescuers">Rescuers</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="machinery">machinery</span> <span word="equipment">equipment</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="access">access</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>, <span word="retrieving">retrieving</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="victims">victims</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="catastrophe">catastrophe</span>.</p><p>"<span word="With">With</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="supported">supported</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="machinery">machinery</span> <span word="equipment">equipment</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rescuers">rescuers</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="arrive">arrive</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="devastated">devastated</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="previously">previously</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reach">reach</span>," <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Disaster">Disaster</span> <span word="Management">Management</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span> <span word="Sutopo">Sutopo</span> <span word="Purwo">Purwo</span> <span word="Nugroho">Nugroho</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="search">search</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="operation">operation</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="victims">victims</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tsunami">tsunami</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="underway">underway</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worst">worst</span>-<span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="Pandeglang">Pandeglang</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Serang">Serang</span> <span word="districts">districts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Banten">Banten</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Lampung">Lampung</span> <span word="Selatan">Selatan</span>, <span word="Panawaran">Panawaran</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Tenggamus">Tenggamus</span> <span word="districts">districts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Lampung">Lampung</span> <span word="province">province</span>.</p><p><span word="Indonesian">Indonesian</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="managed">managed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="identify">identify</span> 185 <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="overall">overall</span> <span word="tsunami">tsunami</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="counts">counts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Banten">Banten</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="Those">Those</span> <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="identified">identified</span> <span word="from">from</span> 222 <span word="recovered">recovered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="of">of</span> 16:00 <span word="p">p</span>.<span word="m">m</span>. <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p>
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