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As Indonesia Volcano Rumbles, Survivors Fear More Ruinous Waves


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Steady loud booms rupture the looping noise of the waves lapping the coast of Pandeglang province on Indonesia's Java island. The thumping sound could easily be mistaken for the wind - but it's not.

Hidden in the gloom some 47km out in the sea, Anak Krakatoa volcano is still erupting, like it has been doing for several months now.

But late on Saturday, the eruptions triggered an underwater landslide that is widely believed to have caused a devastating tsunami that struck almost without a warning the shorelines of Indonesia's Java and Sumatra islands.

"It was not like a usual wave," Edi Sujarwo, a chef at a hotel lining the Pandeglang seafront, told Al Jazeera. "It was a huge wave, with foam on top and it was just rolling and rolling after me."

The powerful tsunami washed away popular seaside areas frequented by local and foreign tourists ahead of Christmas, sweeping over coastal settlements and leaving behind a trail of destruction.The latest death toll stands at 429 people, with 1,459 others injured and another 128 missing. 

Thousands more have been displaced and forced to seek shelter in temporary camps after the menacing waves flattened their homes.



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