Tsunami kills 222 in Indonesia

FE Team | Published: December 23, 2018 23:56:26

A trail of devastation left by a tsunami that hit Carita beach in Pandeglang, Indonesia, on Sunday -- Reuters

PANDEGLANG, Dec 23 (Reuters): A tsunami killed at least 222 people and injured hundreds on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra following an underwater landslide believed caused by the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano, officials and media said on Sunday.
Hundreds of homes and other buildings were "heavily damaged" when the tsunami struck along the rim of the Sunda Strait late on Saturday, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the disaster mitigation agency, said.
Thousands of residents were forced to evacuate to higher ground. There was no estimate on the number of missing.
Saturday's tsunami was the latest in a series of tragedies that have struck Indonesia, a vast archipelago, this year. Successive earthquakes flattened parts of Lombok.