Indonesia tsunami: Death toll rises to 222, over 800 injured
ABP News Bureau
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23 Dec 2018 09:54 PM (IST)
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At least 222 people have been killed and over 800 injured after a tsunami hit the coast on Indonesia's Sunda Strait, government officials said on Sunday. There was no warning of the advancing wave that struck on Saturday around 9.30 p.m., the BBC reported. Deaths have been reported in the Pandeglang, Lampung and Serang regions. The BBC report said there were reports that the death toll in Lampung province alone could be in the hundreds. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, national spokesman at Indonesia's disaster agency, tweeted footage of the damage in Lampung.