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In Indonesia, at least 222 people are dead, 848 people are injured and 28 people are missing after a catastrophic tsunami battered two islands Saturday night,The New York Timesreported.
The tsunami wrecked at least 556 homes, nine hotels, 60 shops and 350 boats, a disaster management agency’s spokesperson told theTimes.
On Saturday, people were mingling on Java and Sumatra’s beaches when waves unexpectedly pummeled the coasts. The band Seventeen was performing on Java’s Tanjung Lesung Beach when the tsunami crashed down.
Riefian Fajarsyah, Seventeen’s lead singer, said in anemotional Instagram videothat the manager and bass player were dead and that Fajarsyah’s wife and three band members were missing,CNNreported.
“Today is your birthday, I am wishing that you come home my love,” Fajarsyah wrote on Instagram alongside asweet pictureof the couple in front of the Eiffel Tower.
Aftermath of the tsunami.RIAU IMAGES / Barcroft Media via Getty Images
Aftermath of the tsunami.Achmad Ibrahim/AP/REX/Shutterstock
At least 14 people died and at least 89 people went missing at the event where Seventeen was performing, a party for an electricity company, theTimesreported.
The volcano Anak Krakatau, which sits between Java and Sumatra, likely started the tsunami, according to theAssociated Press. The volcano’s eruption led to underwater landslides that in turn caused the tsunami,CNNreported.
People react to the tsunami.Fauzy Chaniago/AP/REX/Shutterstock
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The geophysics agency said the volcano erupted 24 minutes before the tsunami hit the islands, according to the AP.
source: people.com
