At least 20 killed when tsunami hits coastal areas in Indonesia [UPDATE: at least 429 dead]

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(CNN) — A tsunami hit Pandeglang, Serang and South Lampung, Indonesia, early Sunday, killing 20 people and injuring 165, according to a tweet from Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, head of public relations at Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency.

Two people are missing and dozens of buildings were damaged, he said.

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/12/22/asia/deadly-tsunami-indonesia/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F

[mountaineer]

UPDATE

Volcano tsunami: At least 222 people killed in Indonesia
More than 840 have been injured and 28 people are still missing after a tsunami in Indonesia.

   * Indonesia's national disaster agency say 222 killed in tsunami
   * Officials say 28 people are missing and 843 injured
   * Tsunami caused by volcanic eruption of Anak Krakatoa
   * Hundreds of houses have been damaged

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According to Indonesia's disaster agency, the tsunami destroyed 556 houses, nine hotels and 360 ships in the hardest-hit district of Pandeglang, Serang of Banten province and Lampung Selatan district of Lampung province.  ... More at Sky News

See also this story from BNO News:

... “The tsunami was not triggered by an earthquake,” he said. “It’s possible that it was triggered by an underwater landslide due to the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau. At the same time there was high tide because of the full moon. So there was a combination of natural phenomena, tsunami and high tide.”  ...

[Gefn]

Horrible

@mystery-ak and mods can we update the headline? This is a top story. 222 dead and scores wounded and missing is a huge story,

[Gefn]

Updated story with pictures.  Weird they have 222 dead but headline says 62.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/krakatau-triggered-tsunami-kills-at-least-62-in-indonesia-injures-hundreds/ar-BBRjvg1?OCID=ansmsnnews11

[mountaineer]

Epoch Times - click link for video

Pop Band Seventeen Swept Away in Tsunami in Indonesia, Video Shows
Scroll down for the footage
By Jack Phillips
December 23, 2018 Updated: December 23, 2018
 

Video footage shows the moment a tsunami hit a beach concert in Indonesia, leaving band members dead or missing, on Dec. 22.

The band appears to be finishing a song when the stage vanishes as it is overtaken by water. Members of the audience and band scream as the stage is brought down due to the water.

Seventeen’s lead singer Riefian Fajarsyah wrote on social media on Dec. 23 that his wife and the band’s drummer are still missing. He paid a tribute to the band’s manager and bassist, who reportedly died. ...

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@mystery-ak and mods can we update the headline? This is a top story. 222 dead and scores wounded and missing is a huge story,

Done. Thank you for the suggestion!

[Gefn]

Done. Thank you for the suggestion!

Awful story, awful. Prayers for all those people and their families

[edpc]

The close proximity of Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait gives the coastal area almost zero warning.

[mountaineer]

The close proximity of Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait gives the coastal area almost zero warning.

Sure looked that way in the video of the band, linked above. 

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Indonesia Tsunami: ‘Outrcy’ Over Early Warning System as 843 Injured and 222 Killed
By Tom Ozimek
December 23, 2018 Updated: December 23, 2018


As rescue efforts turn to recovery in the wake of the tsunami that killed at least 222 and injured over 800 in Indonesia, questions mount as to the efficacy of the early warning system.

An underwater landslide caused by volcanic activity triggered the tsunami, which slammed into the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra on Dec. 22, leaving havoc and devastation in its path.  ...

Vice President Jusuf Kalla told a news conference the death toll would “likely increase.” 

Coastal residents reported not seeing or feeling any warning signs on Saturday night, such as receding water or an earthquake, before waves of 2-3 meters (6-10 feet) washed ashore, according to media.

Authorities said a warning siren went off in some areas.

Professor Dougal Jerram from the University of Oslo explained that tsunamis caused by volcanic activity might not trigger a warning and can strike unexpectedly.  ...  More at Epoch Times

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The close proximity of Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait gives the coastal area almost zero warning.

There was no earthquake so there was no event to initiate a warning at all from. It is assumed it was due to an undersea land slide.

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There was no earthquake so there was no event to initiate a warning at all from. It is assumed it was due to an undersea land slide.

That’s true, but IIRC, they do not have tsunami buoys in that area. They would at least give you some warning, after the ocean displacement.

[DB]

That’s true, but IIRC, they do not have tsunami buoys in that area. They would at least give you some warning, after the ocean displacement.

If the water is deep off the coast the rise from tsunami is tiny and probably lost in the noise. Once it rolls into shallow water it grows in height rapidly. This one was apparently a meter in depth onshore and could have been a centimeter or two at sea. I don't know if that is detectable anywhere other than on the shoreline which is too late.

[Gefn]

Washington Post just updated death toll to 370.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/tsunami-death-toll-rises-as-rescue-efforts-expand-along-the-indonesia-coast/2018/12/24/3790830a-06be-11e9-8942-0ef442e59094_story.html?utm_term=.56487ddde903

[edpc]

The Latest: Tsunami toll now 429 dead, thousands homeless

https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-tsunami-toll-now-429-dead-thousands-homeless-065640345.html