Two dead in Bali after tidal waves

TWO tourists are dead after tidal waves flooded South Bali, crashing into cocktail bars and infinity pools in the picturesque location.

A man tries to escape big waves in Bali. Picture: Instagram

TWO tourists are dead after tidal waves flooded South Bali, crashing into cocktail bars and infinity pools in the picturesque location.

Two tourists, from Hong Kong and Singapore, died after they were dragged out to sea at Padang Galak Beach in Sanur, local newspaper Tribun Bali reported.

WA Today reported that popular coastal restaurant The Rock Bar at Ayana Resort was damaged and deserted, while Ku De Ta, the most popular hub for Australians partying in Seminyak, was repeatedly pounded with water.

A series of videoes from earlier this month shows waves crashing over tourists by the pool.

Nearly 1300 people were forced to flee Java’s Lumajang and Pekalongan cities in recent days, with tidal waves forecast for the next few days in waters off the western coast of Sumatra island and southern coast of Bali and Sumbawa.

Earlier this month, a woman from Two Rocks, Perth, was one of five people swept out to sea and killed while she was on her honeymoon.

Perth bride Lestari Williams, who died in Indonesia after being swept away by a freak wave in Bali. Picture: AAP

Brad and Lestari Williams were walking along the beach at Angel’s Billabong beach at Bali island Nusa Penida, when a rogue wave swamped them from behind and washed them out to sea

Mr Williams made it back to shore but Mrs Williams and her eight-year-old sister vanished in the surf.