Mentawai island的意思|示意

Three days after a tsunami struck the remote Mentawai island chain in western Indonesia, the full scale of the disaster is emerging.

海啸袭击印度尼西亚西部明打威群岛三天之后，灾难的规模已经初见端倪。

A ship bearing aid including food, water, medical supplies as well as body bags arrived Thursday at Sikakap, on North Pagai island, one of the two worst-hit islands in the Mentawai group.

一艘装着救援物资的船于周四抵达了北巴盖岛的锡卡克，其中包括食物、水、医疗设备以及裹尸袋。锡卡克是明打威两个灾情最严重的岛屿之一。

Health Ministry Crisis Centre head Mudjiharto said the Mentawai waves reached up to three metres high and waters swept as far as 600 meters (yards) inland on South Pagai island, the hardest hit.

卫生部危机处理中心负责人Mudjiharto说明打威群岛的海波达到3米多高，波及岛屿600米的范围，破坏力相当的大。