Photo Gallery: Indonesia's deadly tsunami claims 430 lives, over 22,000 displaced
The death toll in the devastating tsunami triggered by a volcanic eruption in Sunda Strait went up to 430 while nearly 22,000 people were displaced. Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho also raised the number of missing persons to 159 due to the disaster on Saturday night that also left 1,495 injured. In the worst-hit area of Pandeglang, in the west coast of Jawa island, 290 were killed, 1,143 injured and 77 missing apart from nearly 17,477 affected, said Sutopo. Torrential rains and rough weather condition was making it difficult for the humanitarian aid and rescue teams.
A plume of ash rises as Anak Krakatau erupts in Indonesia.
Indonesia`s Meteorology Agency issued an alert urging people to stay away from the coasts due to predicted weather conditions that could cause strong tides. The island nation rerouted all flights around the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano between Java and Sumatra islands, as it spewed columns of ash into the air, days after it triggered a deadly tsunami. Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of great seismic and volcanic activity that is shaken every year by some 7,000 earthquakes, most of them moderate.
Debris and damaged property is seen after a tsunami, in Sumur.
Carita : A man walks near debris at a tsunami-ravaged area in Carita, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. Indonesian authorities asked people to avoid the coast in areas where a tsunami killed hundreds of people last weekend in a fresh warning issued on the anniversary of the catastrophic 2004 Asia