Teenager found 45 days after tsunami waves
A teenager who lived on wild fruits and coconuts for 45 days after tsunamis ravaged the Indian Ocean archipelago of Andamans in December has been rescued, police said yesterday.
The 18-year-old was evacuated Wednesday from Pillopanja, one of the southernmost islands of the archipelago ravaged by the giant waves on December 26, the police chief of nearby Campbell Bay island, Shaukat Hussain, told AFP.
He identified the woman only as Jessy and said her husband and her one-year-old child were missing and presumed dead.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "Jessy took to the forests when the waves came but by the time she came out after several days the rest of the population had been either evacuated to Campbell Bay or swept away by the waves," Hussain told AFP by telephone.
Fewer than 1,000 people lived on Pillopanja, one of the many islets where mainland settlers have built homes and farms, before the tsunami struck.
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