Tsunami, Volcano Kills 62, Wounds Hundreds in Indonesia
At least 62 were killed and over hundreds more were injured as a result of a tsunami, following volcanic eruption in Indonesia on Saturday night, according to reports.
At least 62 were killed and over hundreds more were injured as a result of a tsunami, following volcanic eruption in Indonesia on Saturday night, according to reports.
A tsunami following a volcanic eruption killed at least 62 people and injured hundreds more as it slammed without warning into tourist beaches and coastal areas around Indonesia’s Sunda Strait on Saturday night. According to AFP.
Hundreds of buildings were destroyed by the wave, which hit the coast of southern Sumatra and the western tip of Java about 9.30 pm (1430 GMT) following the eruption of a volcano known as the “child” of the legendary Krakatoa, national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.
The source said that search and rescue teams were scouring rubble for survivors, with at least 584 people injured and twenty reported missing across three regions.
Elsewhere it uprooted trees and left a trail of debris strewn across the ground.
Indonesia’s geological agency was working to ascertain exactly how it happened.
In 2004 a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 9.3 undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in western Indonesia killed 220,000 people in countries around the Indian Ocean, including 168,000 in Indonesia.
