Trio of catastrophes hit Indonesia

Hundreds feared dead after earthquake, tsunami, volcano spew
Richard S. Ehrlich
The Washington Times
 Tuesday, October 26, 2010

BANGKOK | Rescuers struggled Wednesday to reach victims of Indonesia's earthquake, tsunami and volcano in two locations, where at least 113 people drowned along Sumatra island's coastal fault line and 18 more perished on central Java island from spewing Mount Merapi.

"We have 200 body bags on the way, just in case," said Mujiharto, head of the Health Ministry's crisis center, referring to the isolated Mentawai isles, which suffered the twin punches of a magnitude 7.7 undersea earthquake on Monday night, followed by a localized 10-foot-high tsunami. the rest