COASTLINE DEVASTATED BY TIDAL WAVES IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

MEL06D:VANIMO,PAPUA NEW GUINEA,21JUL98 - An aerial view shows July 21 the devasted village of Sissano after three tidal waves swept away dwellings late last week. The bare areas are where the villagers' huts once stood. Authorities fear more than 3,000 villagers may have been killed by the tidal waves which devastated sections of the northwestern coast of Papua New Guinea late last week. wb/POOL/Sydney Morning Herald/Photo by Palani Mohan REUTERS