“Over 60 dead after tsunami in Indonesia”
“Indonesia räddningsmyndigheter stated that at least 62 people have died in a tsunami last night reached the beaches on the islands of Java and Sumatra around the sunda strait.”
“Around 600 people reported to be injured and many missing. Authorities fear that the death toll will rise.”
“We have not received any information about the swedes have suffered, but our embassy in Indonesia following the developments,” says Sebastian Saint-Just at the foreign MINISTRY’s press service to the TT during the night.”
“at the embassy of Sweden in the area is located in the capital city of Jakarta on the island of Java, only a dozen miles from the affected waters.”
“the Norwegian Øystein Andersen, who works at the Norwegian embassy in Jakarta, was at a hotel in west Java, when the tsunami struck.”
“– I ran and knocked on a door where my wife and son was asleep. Just then met the second wave of our hotel so that the building shook. I could see the scales through the window, Andersen says to the news agency NTB.”
“According to the authorities, might the tsunami have been triggered by a combination of extra sharp ascent of the tide and a undervattensskred caused by an eruption from Anak Krakatoa, a small volcanic island in the sunda strait. Dozens of buildings were destroyed by the wave, which hit the beaches without warning about 21.30 on Saturday local time.”
“the Indonesian authorities initially claimed that it was not about a tsunami but the usual tides.”
“Even if it is relatively rare can volcanic eruptions below the surface to cause tsunamis, according to the International Tsunami Information Center.”
“Anak Krakatoa is one of 127 active volcanoes in the area.”
