Disaster undoes hard-won progress for Indonesian port city

BANGKOK (AP) — Palu, the Indonesian city devastated by an earthquake, tsunamis and mudslides, has sought to build itself up as a major trading hub. But the city's concrete and traditional-style buildings and other infrastructure were no match for the triple whammy that has left more than 1,200 people dead.

The disasters that struck late Friday left the city's port in ruins, its lone gantry crane atilt in the water. Its airport terminal was a sea of shattered glass and broken ceiling panels.

A seven-story, 4-year-old hotel lay flat on its side, ringed by piles of rubble that rescuers were struggling through in search of victims. The city's biggest bridge disintegrated, its picturesque yellow arches mangled in the mud.