The death toll from the tsunami rises to 429
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(25 Dec 2018) The death toll climbed to 429 on Tuesday, with more than 1,400 people injured and at least 128 missing after the tsunami in the Sunda Strait slammed into parts of western Java and southern Sumatra islands on Saturday night, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for Indonesia Disaster Mitigation Agency on Tuesday. He said more than 16,000 people were displaced and there was an urgent need for heavy equipment in the remote Sumur sub-district, a remote area near Ujung Kulon National Park, which experienced heavy damage. Some villages there have been cut off due to damaged roads and bridges, making it difficult to supply aid and reach people who may be injured or trapped. Unlike most tsunamis, this time there was no large earthquake to warn people to run to higher ground before the waves arrived. "We have a total of 22 tsunami detection buoys (installed in the sea), but since 2012 until today it cannot operate. Why isn't it operating? Because many of the buoys are damaged or lost due to vandalism," said Nugroho. An eruption of the volcanic island Anak Krakatau appeared to have triggered a landslide on its slope, which then sent displaced seawater racing. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9e6aaebf495583e3a4ec60b0020ac787
