Indonesia +Tsunami Hit Island+

Jakarta, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake sent a 6-foot high tsunami crashing into a beach resort on Indonesia's Java island, damaging hotels and sending boats smashing into houses.

People fled to a local hill to escape the wave on Pangandaran beach in west Java. "All the houses are destroyed along the beach," one witness said. At least five were killed.
The earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 had triggered a tsunami warning on Java and Sumatra islands and Australia's Christmas and Cocos islands.

U/D: 13:06
A Red Cross official has said that at least 69 people have been killed and 86 are missing frpm the tsunami.

U/D: 07/18/06
Officials say the death toll in the Indonesian tsunami has risen to at least 531, and about 300 are missing.