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Thousands flee after tidal waves hit Indonesia's Aceh
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-23 18:04
Thousands of people fled to high ground Saturday after tidal waves struck
coastal villages in Indonesia's tsunami-battered Aceh province, destroying
dozens of homes but causing no injuries, officials said.
The waves, three meters (yards) high, smashed into three villages in southern
Aceh at around 6 a.m., said Sahnun Ahmad, a seismologist in the provincial
capital, Banda Aceh.
"It was not a tsunami," he said. "It was triggered by full moon tides and
strong winds."
At least 30 homes built along the shoreline were either damaged or washed
away, but no one was hurt, Ahmad said.
Thousands of people from the villages of Tapak Tuan, Sawang and Samadua fled
in panic to high ground, state-run Antara news agency reported.
The December 26 earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 170,000 people
across Asia hit Aceh the hardest _ claiming 75 percent of the toll. Hundreds of
aftershocks continue to rattle residents six months later.
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