Video has never been published: The tsunami moment engulfed Indonesia's coastal city
The video was shot from a balcony in Palu City, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, showing that the entire street turned into a sea of water in a matter of seconds.
According to Reuters, a social network user, Sigit Lembah, posted a video he filmed from the balcony at the time of the tsunami hitting Palu city on Sulawesi island on September 28.
In the video, Sigit and some of the refugees on the balcony shouted, urging people under the road to hurry up when the 6m high tsunami hit. Immediately after the first wave, the entire street turned into a sea of water in a matter of seconds.
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