Indonesian quakes, tsunami death toll climbs to 1,249

Photo taken on Oct. 2, 2018 shows debris of houses in Balaroa village after earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The death toll of Indonesia's multiple powerful quakes that triggered tsunami in Central Sulawesi province on Friday soared to 1,249 people with 799 others sustaining serious injuries, a governmental disaster official said here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Iqbal Lubis)