What cities where effected in the tsunami in Papa New Guinea?
A major earthquake off the northern coast of Papua – New Guinea (PNG) generated one of the most destructive tsunamis to strike this country in recent years. There was no warning. The tsunami killed thousands of people and left more than 6,000 people homeless. Many more were missing. As of July 20, 1998, almost 5,300 of more than 10,000 people who lived in the devastated villages had been accounted for, with 3,370 survivors at three government relief centres, 713 admitted to hospitals and 1,212 buried. As of August 15, 1998, the death toll had risen to more than 3,000.
