SURVIVOR OF TIDAL WAVE SURVEYS WRECKED HOME

SYD06:PAPUA-WAVE:SISSAMO,PAPUA NEW GUINEA,21JUL98 - A survivor in the village of Sissamo in the northwest of Papua New Guinea survey's the wreckage of her home July 21 following a tidal wave on July 17. More than 1200 people are confirmed dead with 6000 unaccounted for after three tidal waves destroyed villages on Papua New Guinea's remote northwest coast, washing hundreds of people away, burying others alive and leaving thousands homeless. (AUSTRALIA OUT,NO ARK) mdb/News Ltd/Photo by Patrick Hamilton REUTERS