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![IN PHOTOS: Death and destruction in Indonesia](https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/r3-assets/EAC96C73B30E4B929B86B65F5000B9C9/img/7BA809F3558D4030A1B9F40EB9616555/indonesia-tsunami-december-23-2018-006.jpg)
MANILA, Philippines – Over 200 have died and at least a thousand people have been injured after a tsunami slammed without warning the beaches around Indonesia’s Sunda Strait.
The tsunami struck the coast of southern Sumatra and the western tip of Java on Saturday night, December 22, after a volcano known as the “child” of Krakatoa erupted, according to Indonesia’s national disaster agency.
The destructive wave left a trail of uprooted trees and debris strewn across beaches. A tangled mess of corrugated steel roofing, timber, and rubble were dragged inland at Carita beach, a popular spot for day-trippers on the west coast of Java. (READ: Shocking video shows tsunami rip through stage as band performs).
![MASSIVE DAMAGE. An aerial photo shows damaged buildings in Carita. Photo by Azwar Ipank/AFP](https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/r3-assets/EAC96C73B30E4B929B86B65F5000B9C9/img/AE7791261F0646B5B8D4663E954B2555/indonesia-tsunami-december-23-2018-003.jpg)
![RUIN. Debris from damaged buildings and cars are seen near the beach in Anyer, Serang. Photo by Dasril Roszandi/AFP](https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/r3-assets/EAC96C73B30E4B929B86B65F5000B9C9/img/A1051DA16DFE454A9283ED67CCE653E3/indonesia-tsunami-december-23-2018-011.jpg)
![REMNANTS. The swimming pool of a hotel near a beach in Anyer, Serang. Photo by Dasril Roszandi/AFP](https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/r3-assets/EAC96C73B30E4B929B86B65F5000B9C9/img/FE172017A9C1492DABE0752E01BCDECF/indonesia-tsunami-december-23-2018-010.jpg)
![BODY COUNT. A rescuer counts the bodies of victims at a makeshift mortuary in Carita. Photo by Demy Sanjaya/AFP](https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/r3-assets/EAC96C73B30E4B929B86B65F5000B9C9/img/ECFF240692A7494E9ECD5E4F882F202E/indonesia-tsunami-december-23-2018-004.jpg)
![ANGUISH. A man grieves beside the body of his child in South Lampung, South Sumatra. Photo by Ferdi Awed/AFP](https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/r3-assets/EAC96C73B30E4B929B86B65F5000B9C9/img/FC7EA34135EE4ADDA768B33F78A15CC8/indonesia-tsunami-december-23-2018-007.jpg)
![THE DEAD. Rescuers remove the body of a victim along the coast in South Lampung, South Sumatra. Photo by Ferdi Awed/AFP](https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/r3-assets/EAC96C73B30E4B929B86B65F5000B9C9/img/57BCDB99D0F64FDB826B1FD4D92E2800/indonesia-tsunami-december-23-2018-008.jpg)
![INJURED. Survivors receive treatment at a hospital in Carita. Photo by Semi/AFP](https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/r3-assets/EAC96C73B30E4B929B86B65F5000B9C9/img/C2045BA3D54D4D979D31B0E2B856D34F/indonesia-tsunami-december-23-2018-001.jpg)
Just recently in the city of Palu on Sulawesi island a quake and tsunami in September killed thousands of people.
On December 26, 2004 a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 9.3 undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in western Indonesia killed 220,000 people in countries around the Indian Ocean, including 168,000 in Indonesia. – Rappler.com
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