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In Indonesia, rescuers use drones and sniffer dogs to search for survivors along the devastated west coast of Java, hit by a tsunami that killed at least 429 people, saying they need to find more victims in the rubble. Heavy smoke continues to emerge from the volcanic island Anak Krakatoa, whose eruption at high tide on Saturday caused landslides and moved large expanses of water, which have touched the islands of Sumatra and Java.
Destruction is almost visible
At least 154 people are still missing, more than 1,400 were injured and thousands of residents had to move to higher areas,
"Like Anak Krakatoa has been actively erupting in recent months, new tsunamis will not be, "said Professor Hermann Fritz of the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States.
Humanitarian workers have warned of the risks of a health crisis, and the supply of water and medicines is increasingly reduced. "Many children are sick, have fever, have headaches and lack water," said Rizal Alimin, a doctor at the NGO Aksi Cepat Tanggap, in a school transformed into improvised refuge.
In the predominantly Muslim country, the Christian minority celebrated Christmas praying for the victims of the disaster. In Carita, a short mbad was held at the Pentecostal Church of Rahmat, near one of the areas most affected by the disaster.
Redemption efforts were hampered by heavy rains and poor visibility. Teams of soldiers and volunteers used drones to calculate the extent of damage along the coast.
Rescuers used heavy machinery, sniffer dogs, and special cameras to detect and remove bodies in the mud as well as wrecks along the area. 100 kilometers reached. Authorities said the research radius needs to be expanded to the south.
"We feel that many localities have not been affected, but now we are reaching more isolated areas (…) and they have many victims," said Yusuf Latif, spokesman for the agency. search and rescue.
After the landslide caused by the submarine's eruption, it only took 24 minutes for the waves to hit the shore. A flaw in the detection system worsened the situation – after being subsequently erased, the National Disaster Management Agency said that there was no tsunami threat.
Tidal monitoring, as well as the organization and structuring of data, are the main tools available to Indonesian agencies for predicting tsunamis, usually after an earthquake, which does not occur. been the case.
Thousands of people live in tents and temporary shelters, such as mosques and schools.
"I have been here for three days," said Neng Sumarni, 40, who sleeps beside her three children and her husband in school grounds. as well as 30 other people. "I'm scared because my house is very close to the beach."
Atmadja Suhara, of Labuan City Hall, said she was helping to deal with 4,000 people. "Everyone is still panicking, we often have disasters, but not as much as that."
"People still do not have access to clean water." A fire in the Pacific, One of the most prone to natural disasters on the planet, has recorded the highest number of disaster victims this year for more than a decade.
In September, in the city of Palu, on the 39, Sulawesi Island, An earthquake and tsunami killed nearly 2,000 people.
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