U.N. Secretary General
Antonio Guterres has visited an Indonesian city shattered by an
earthquake and
tsunami to assess the impact of the disasters.
Guterres paid a visit Friday to the city of Palu on Sulawesi island during a trip to
Bali to attend the annual meetings of the
International Monetary Fund and
World Bank.
Guterres visited Balaroa, where the Sept. 28 quake liquefied soft soil and tore apart neighborhoods, and the coastal area of Talise, which was badly damaged by the tsunami that followed the magnitude of 7.5 quake.
The official death toll had risen to 2,073 as of Thursday.
The IMF-World Bank meetings are being held until Sunday.