Indian artist creates sand sculpture to help Indonesia's tsunami victims
Updated 19:17, 04-Oct-2018
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Artist Sudarshan Pattnaik crafted a sand sculpture on Sunday at a beach along the Bay of Bengal in the eastern Indian city of Puri to get people to help Indonesia's tsunami victims. /VCG Photo

Artist Sudarshan Pattnaik crafted a sand sculpture on Sunday at a beach along the Bay of Bengal in the eastern Indian city of Puri to get people to help Indonesia's tsunami victims. /VCG Photo

So far 1,200 people were killed in Palu city after a powerful magnitude-7.5 earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia’s central Sulawesi Island on Friday afternoon. About 16,700 people have become homeless due to the disaster. /VCG Photo

So far 1,200 people were killed in Palu city after a powerful magnitude-7.5 earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia’s central Sulawesi Island on Friday afternoon. About 16,700 people have become homeless due to the disaster. /VCG Photo

"Bodies of victims were found in several places because they were hit by the rubble of collapsing buildings or swept by the tsunami, but we are still collecting data," said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesperson for the National Disaster Management Agency. /VCG Photo

"Bodies of victims were found in several places because they were hit by the rubble of collapsing buildings or swept by the tsunami, but we are still collecting data," said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesperson for the National Disaster Management Agency. /VCG Photo

The quake and tsunami caused a power outage that cut communications around Palu and the main airport has been shut down. /VCG Photo

The quake and tsunami caused a power outage that cut communications around Palu and the main airport has been shut down. /VCG Photo