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Indonesia tsunami kills hundreds

December 23, 2018 - Der Tsunami vor den Inseln Java und Sumatra, der ohne Vorwarnung Samstag Abend die Küsten erreichte, tötete 280 und verwundete hunderte Menschen.
Die Ursache war mutmaßlich ein unterirdischer Erdrutsch nach dem Ausbruch des Anak Krakatoa, meldete die Katastrophenagentur BNPB.
(update vom 23.12.2018)

The Anak Krakatoa volcano has seen increased activity in recent months and briefly erupted on Friday, creating an ash cloud that rose 400 metres (1,300ft) above the mountain.

The Krakatoa island group in the Sunda Strait, between the islands of Java and Sumatra, is the remains of one of the world’s most famous volcanoes. It is made up of three outer islands belonging to the rim of the mostly submerged Krakatoa caldera and a new cone, Anak Krakatoa (Child of Krakatoa), that has been forming a new island since 1927.

Krakatau exploded spectacularly in a devastating eruption in August 1883 that killed more than 30,000 people -- mostly by the massive tsunamis triggered by the volcano. The blasts were heard thousands of kilometres away and had been estimated to be equivalent to 200 megatons of TNT -- about 13,000 times the nuclear yield of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.

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PUBLISHED: 24/12/2018; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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