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Over 200 dead, 800 injured as tsunami hits Indonesia following Krakatau eruption

#Indonesia  #Tsunami #Krakatau At least 62 people have been killed and 584 injured after a tsunami hit the coast on Indonesia's Sunda Strait, government officials say. The country's disaster management agency says hundreds of buildings were damaged by Saturday's tsunami. It says the possible cause of the tsunami was undersea landslides after the Krakatoa volcano erupted. The strait, between the islands of Java and Sumatra, connects the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean. What is the latest? The disaster management agency warned that the death toll after the tsunami, that struck at about 21:30 local time (14:30GMT) on Saturday, is likely to rise further. Deaths have been reported in the Pandeglang, Lampung and Serang regions. The BBC's Rebecca Henschke in Indonesia said there were reports that the death toll in Lampung province alone could be in the hundreds. Among the areas hit was the popular Tanjung Lesung beach resort in west Java. There was no warning of