Aitape tsunami wavefront
The map shows the likely path of the first wave at 19, 22 and 27 minutes after
the first major earthquake. The villages of Arop and Warapu received the full
brunt of the wave and were completely destroyed, as was most of Nimas. Other
villages at Sissano and on the Malol beachfront were partly destroyed. People
from the western Sissano villages are now at Olbrum and Rainbrum; those from
Nimas at Rowoi and Wipom; those from Warapu at Barupu; Arop No.1 at Pou;
Arop No.2 at Wauroin; and most Malol people at Amut (Kunai). More than
10 000 people still are receiving relief food supplies.