Photos: Deadly Tsunami Strikes Indonesia’s Sunda Strait

Alan Taylor
December 23, 2018
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At least 222 people have reportedly been killed along the Sunda Strait in Indonesia, and another 800 injured late Saturday night by a tsunami, likely triggered by an eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano. Water swept along the shoreline with no warning, crashing into homes, hotels, and beachside holiday events. Electricity and water services, as well as roads, have been badly damaged; remote areas have been the hardest hit.

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A rescue worker walks through the rubble from houses destroyed by a tsunami on December 23, 2018, in Carita, Indonesia. #

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An aerial view of the Anak Krakatau volcano during an eruption in Sunda Strait in South Lampung, Indonesia, on December 23, 2018. The tsunami is believed to have been triggered by an eruption event and underwater landslide at Anak Krakatau. #

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An aerial photo shows damaged buildings in Carita on December 23, 2018, after the area was hit by a tsunami on December 22 following an eruption of the Anak Krakatoa volcano. #

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Debris from damaged homes is seen in South Lampung on South Sumatra on December 23, 2018, after the area was hit by a tsunami on December 22. #

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Damaged buildings and cars are seen in Anyer, Serang, on December 23, 2018, after the area was hit by the tsunami. #

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Indonesian rescuers search for the bodies of tsunami victims in Carita, Indonesia, on December 23, 2018. #

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Rescuers and residents look for survivors along the coast in South Lampung on South Sumatra on December 23, 2018. #

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A sign damaged by the tsunami at a resort hotel in Tanjung Lesung, Indonesia, photographed on December 23, 2018 #

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An aerial photo shows damaged buildings in Carita on December 23, 2018. #

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Twisted girders are all that's left of a music stage after the tsunami hit a resort hotel on December 23, 2018, in Tanjung Lesung, Indonesia. #

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A tour bus with its lights still running sits on a bungalow wrecked by the tsunami at a resort hotel in Tanjung Lesung on December 23, 2018. #

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Rescuers look for survivors along the coast in South Lampung on South Sumatra on December 23, 2018. #

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Rescue-team members carry the body of a victim after a tsunami hit Tanjung Lesung beach in Banten, Indonesia, on December 23, 2018. #

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A man injured in the tsunami speaks with rescue workers helping him to identify his missing relatives at a makeshift morgue on December 23, 2018, in Carita. #

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A man reacts after identifying his relative among the bodies of tsunami victims in Carita on December 23, 2018. #

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A number of residents injured by the tsunami that hit the Banten and Lampung regions are seen receiving treatment at Bob Hazar Hospital, in Kalianda, South Lampung, Indonesia, on December 23, 2018. #

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A car sits among debris after the area was hit by the tsunami in Pandeglang, Banten province, Indonesia, on December 23, 2018. #

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The aftermath of the tsunami in Way Muli Timur Village, Rajabasa District, Lampung Province, Indonesia, is photographed on December 23, 2018. #

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Tsunami survivors gather at a temporary shelter in Tanjung Lesung on December 23, 2018. #

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Tsunami survivor Wahyudin sits in a temporary shelter in Tanjung Lesung on December 23, 2018. #

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