Indonesia Tsunami: 2 month old baby found alive in storm drain (after 5 days) offers fresh hope

[Turborama]

Source: Christian Science Monitor News Service

News of a two-month-old baby found alive in a storm drain after the Indonesia tsunami offers a rare bit of good news since the tsunami swamped several the remote Mentawi Islands on Monday.

Earlier in the week, another child, 18 months old, was found alive in a tree. Both were found without their parents, whom officials assume were swept away in the 10-foot wave that swept through the villages.

By Friday the official death toll had already hit at least 400. That number is expected to rise as more rescuers arrive on the scene and more information becomes available.

The islands are accessible only by land and air, so relief efforts have been slow. Helicopters are able to carry only limited amounts of aid, and bad weather prevented boats, which can carry more supplies, from departing immediately. The first responders were surfers (the Mentawi Islands are a popular surfing destination) and small organizations already in the area.

Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/1029/Indonesia-tsunami-baby-found-alive-in-storm-drain-offers-fresh-hope

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A two months old tsunami survivor lays inside baby box at a local medical center in Sikakap,
North Pagai island part of Mentawai islands, West Sumatra Indonesia, 29 October 2010. The
baby was found alive inside a water tunnel as his parents were missing after the tsunami
hit Betumonga village. Rescue workers were racing against time in their search for hundreds
of people still missing on Indonesia‘s tsunami-hit Mentawai islands, as an official
estimated that the death toll could rise to around 600.


Survivors Lisna cries after finding her mother's body in the tsunami devastated Monte
village, North Pagai island part of Mentawai islands, West Sumatra Indonesia, 29 October 2010.

More photos here: http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Indonesia-tsunami

And here: http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/features/article_1595132.php/Indonesia-Tsunami-Aftermath-Pictures

OP covering the Tsunami news as it broke: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4588827

Previous updates: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4590867&mesg_id=4593090

New Aerial Video Shows Damage To Tsunami-hit Indonesian Islands - Whole Villages Wiped Off The Map!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9405899

[virgogal]

1. Astonishing ! eom

[indimuse]

2. so sad. n/t

[pnorman]

3. I was looking for that image!

THANKS!

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Amazing!!