{"id":307419,"date":"2018-12-23T07:28:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T07:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=307419"},"modified":"2018-12-23T07:50:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-23T07:50:38","slug":"168-dead-as-deadly-volcano-tsunami-hits-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/168-dead-as-deadly-volcano-tsunami-hits-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"168 dead as deadly &#8216;volcano tsunami&#8217; hits Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-307420 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tsunami-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/tsunami-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/tsunami-443x420.jpg 443w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/tsunami.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">At least 168 people have been killed and over 584 injured after a tsunami hit the coast on Indonesia&#8217;s Sunda Strait on Saturday, government officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It said, the possible cause of the tsunami was undersea landslides after the Krakatoa volcano erupted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe waves were apparently\u00a0triggered by a combination of underwater landslides caused by the eruption of Mount Krakatoa and an abnormal tidal surge due to a new moon,\u201d national disaster agency spokesman said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Dozens of buildings were destroyed by the wave, which hit beaches in South Sumatra and the western tip of Java about 9.30 pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As per the statement from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, &#8220;the tsunami hit several areas of the Sunda Strait, including beaches in Pandeglang regency, Serang, and South Lampung&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Sunda Strait lies between the islands of Java and Sumatra, connecting the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Deaths were reported in the Pandeglang, South Lampung and Serang regions. Among the areas hit was the popular Tanjung Lesung beach resort in west Java.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As per the reports, Waves washed away band during concert where a popular Indonesian rock band, &#8220;Seventeen&#8221;, was performing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMembers of the band were seen being swept away as the wave destroyed their stage,\u201d the tragedy was captured on a footage shared on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 168 people have been killed and over 584 injured after a tsunami hit the coast on Indonesia&#8217;s Sunda Strait on Saturday, government officials said. It said, the possible cause of the tsunami was undersea landslides after the Krakatoa volcano erupted. \u201cThe waves were apparently\u00a0triggered by a combination of underwater landslides caused by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":307420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[5271,10383,10382,5278],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307419"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307423,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307419\/revisions\/307423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/307420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}