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Indonesia tsunami claims more than 220 lives

By Allison Elyse Gualtieri

Published December 23, 2018 6:38pm ET

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Indonesia tsunami claims more than 220 lives — Rescuers remove a plastic bag containing the body of a tsunami victim from the back of a truck in Carita, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018. The tsunami occurred after the eruption of a volcano around Indonesia's Sunda Strait during a busy holiday weekend, sending water crashing ashore and sweeping away hotels, hundreds of houses and people attending a beach concert. | (AP Photo)

The death toll from a tsunami in Indonesia rose to more than 200 people on Sunday, as the late-night wave hit the coasts of Sumatra and Java along the Sunda Strait.

The tsunami is believed to have been caused by a landslide triggered by the eruption of island volcano Anak Krakatau, which is in the strait between the two islands.

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