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  • 10-foot tsunami hit island near Aceh, fate of 5000 residents unknown, thousands dead elsewhere

    03/29/2005 7:05:45 AM PST · by dead · 76 replies · 7,422+ views
    Sydney Morning Herald ^ | March 29, 2005 - 5:04PM | Jano Gibson and agencies
    A three-metre-high tsunami struck Simeuleu Island near Aceh minutes after the huge earthquake that struck off Indonesia's western coast, Kyoto and Agence France-Presse news agencies reported. And the fate of around 5000 people living on the isolated Banyak islands close to the epicentre of the massive earthquake remains unknown, as aftershocks continued to rattle Sumatra today. ``We are extremely concerned about the fate of 5000 people living in the Banyaks island group. We've had absolutely no news from these islands," Jude Barrand, communications officer for international aid agency SurfAid, told smh.com.au. "There has been no contact and they were very...