Shocking video footage has captured the scale of destruction left by a tsunami in Indonesia.
Earth holding up buildings is seen to begin to liquefy in the video footage.
Houses can be seen floating on what’s known as ‘liquid earth’ following the tsunami, as images show the ground frighteningly move while people film.
Indonesia is in a race against time to save victims of a devastating earthquake and tsunami on Sulawesi island, the government said on Tuesday, as the official death toll rose to more than 1,200 and looting fuelled fears of lawlessness.
Four days after the double disaster struck, officials feared the toll could soar, as most of the confirmed dead had come from Palu, a small city 1,500 km (930 miles) northeast of Jakarta.
Some remote areas have been largely cut off after Friday's 7.5 magnitude quake triggered tsunami waves, destroying roads and bridges, and their losses have yet to be determined.
About 1,700 houses in one neighbourhood were swallowed up by ground liquefaction, which happens when soil shaken by an earthquake behaves like a liquid, and hundreds of people are believed to have perished, the disaster agency said.
A video from the district, broadcast by the Antara state news agency, showed widespread destruction, including flattened buildings and a ship hurled into port buildings by the tsunami.
"What we need is food, water, medicine, but to up now we’ve got nothing," said an unidentified man standing in ruins.
Dozens of children’s bodies have so far been found at a Christian camp, while a desperate search continues to find survivors.
Most of those confirmed dead have been in the small city of Palu, on the Sulwasi island.
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