Posted on 12/22/2018 4:56:35 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
At least 20 people have been killed and 165 injured after a tsunami hit the coast around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, government officials say.
The country's disaster management agency says two people are missing, and dozens of buildings were damaged.
It says the possible cause of the tsunami were undersea landslides after the Krakatoa volcano erupted.
The Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra connects the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean.
The deaths were reported in the Pandeglang, South Lampung and Serang regions.
Officials warn that the death toll is likely to rise further. The disaster management agency said high seas as a result of the full moon may also have contributed to the strength of the wave.
Eyewitness Oystein Lund Andersen, who was on the beach at the time, told the BBC two waves had hit, with the second much bigger than the first.
Mr Andersen, a Norwegian professional volcano photographer, said he had rushed to the hotel where his family were staying, and they later went to a higher ground in a forest.
He added that there had been heavy eruption sound prior to the tsunami.
Footage posted by the head of disaster agency showed the aftermath of the tsunami, with flooded streets and an overturned car.
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NO, it will be found by any International Court that this is Trump's fault for dropping out of the Paris Accord. That excess heat held in by Greenhouse Gases has to go somewhere and it was obviously the cause of the volcano.
Trump must be impeached to stop this needless loss of life/sarc
Hmm mm.....F**k Israel. I believe God has the last say on that.
Check out this comparison of volcanic ash ejected: 
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