‘Volcano tsunami’ hits Indonesia after Krakatoa eruption
The country’s disaster management agency says hundreds of buildings were damaged by Saturday’s tsunami.
The strait, between the islands of Java and Sumatra, connects the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean.
Deaths have been reported in the Pandeglang, South Lampung and Serang regions.
Among the areas hit was the popular Tanjung Lesung beach resort in west Java. There was no warning of the advancing wave.
Houses along Anyer Beach were devastated
Footage shared on social media showed a large wave crashing into a tent in the resort, in which a popular Indonesian rock band, Seventeen, was performing. Members of the band were seen being swept away as the wave destroyed the stage.

‘There were two waves’
I was on the beach. I was alone, my family were sleeping in a room.
And suddenly I saw this wave coming, and I had to run.
What might have caused the tsunami?
The child who came back from the dead after tsunami

The Anak Krakatoa volcano has seen increased activity in recent months.
It recommended that no-one be allowed within two kilometres of the crater.
The disaster management agency said that high seas as a result of the full moon may also have contributed to the strength of the waves.
Indonesia is prone to tsunamis because it lies on the Ring of Fire – the line of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that circles virtually the entire Pacific rim.

In August 1883, it underwent arguably the most violent volcanic eruptions in recorded history:
Massive tsunamis with waves up to 135ft (41m) killed more than 30,000 people
The eruptions were equivalent to 200 megatons of TNT – about 13,000 times the nuclear yield of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945
The eruptions were heard thousands of kilometres away
In 1927, a new island, Anak Krakatoa (Child of Krakatoa) emerged. (BBC)