the Tsunami was caused by an eruption of the volcano Krakatau, entering the site Volcano Discovery. According to the site went tsunamivågen between 15 and 20 metres up in the country and hit the buildings along the coast. The first wave was then followed by a second.
Least 168 people were killed in the tsunami in Indonesia. Photo: Semi/AFP/TT
should have been killed and 745 is reported to be damaged, notify the indonesian katastrofmyndigheten according to the AFP news agency. In addition, the lack of 30 people. The geological agency BMKG writes that it is not an earthquake, but if an eruption of Krakatau that caused the tsunami.
the Head of the national katastrofhanteringsbyråns data and information center Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said that the number of dead will grow.
Nearly 50 buildings have been damaged.
the Devastation in the wake of the tsunami in the sunda strait. Photo: Semi/AFP
the man early on Sunday no information that the swedes come to harm.
” the Embassy in Jakarta monitors developments on. We advise swedes on the place to follow local recommendations and instructions, ” says Carolin Törnqvist on the foreign MINISTRY’s press office to DN.
Indonesian authorities have gone out with a warning to both tourists and locals:
– you wi you are not around the beaches along the sunda strait. Those who have evacuated out of there, don’t take yourselves back, ” Rahmat Triyono of Indonesia’s meteorological institute, reports Al-Jazeera.
a massive eruption in 1883, when a nearly 40 meter-high tsunami was created, and at least 36.000 people lost their lives.
Normannen Øystein Lund Andersen was there: I saw the wave and ran