Death toll still climbing from Indonesia's'silent tsunami'

Death toll still climbing from Indonesia's'silent tsunami'

Indonesia has confirmed 429 people died in Saturday's killer wave,as Australia offered help,but was rebuffed.

  • byMichael Bachelard&Amilia Rosa

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Locals begin to return to their homes as tsunami death toll rises

Locals begin to return to their homes as tsunami death toll rises

As the death toll continues to rise,heavy rain battered the Javanese coastline overnight and on into Monday morning,making conditions more difficult.

  • byJames Massola
New images of Indonesian volcano eruption emerge

New images of Indonesian volcano eruption emerge

New photos and videos have emerged of the Anak Krakatoa volcano eruption.

  • byBen Weir
How the Indonesian tsunami hit some villages,missed others

How the Indonesian tsunami hit some villages,missed others

Authorities pull corpses from a cellar at one Javanese beach resort,while other places are completely unscathed by the tsunami's random acts of destruction.

  • byJames Massola
More than a century after Krakatoa,its volcanic child triggers a devastating tsunami

More than a century after Krakatoa,its volcanic child triggers a devastating tsunami

More than 135 years since the island of Krakatoa was destroyed by an explosion which clouded the world in ash,the Indonesian coastline has been devastated by a tsunami which has originated from the same volcanic source.

  • bySimone Fox Koob
Flashback:The deadly 1883 eruption of Krakatoa

Flashback:The deadly 1883 eruption of Krakatoa

As news breaks of a deadly tsunami in the Sunda Strait,we revisit the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa,which caused destruction on an almost unimaginable scale and resulted in at least 36,417 deaths.

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Death toll jumps again from Indonesia's'volcano'tsunami

Death toll jumps again from Indonesia's'volcano'tsunami

The death toll from the tsunami,apparently caused by volcanic activity on the island of Anak Krakatau,reached 280 with 890 injured and 35 officially missing.

  • byJames Massola&Matt Wade
'Underwater,I could only pray':Indonesia tsunami washes away band

'Underwater,I could only pray':Indonesia tsunami washes away band

Four band members have been confirmed dead,and the drummer is still missing,as well as the lead singer's wife.

  • byCleve R. Wootson Jr.
Indonesia tsunami survivor tells:'My daughter was trapped under something'

Indonesia tsunami survivor tells:'My daughter was trapped under something'

What was perhaps most striking,on the morning after the night before,was the empty silence in some villages along that coast ride.

  • byJames Massola
Dozens dead in Indonesian tsunami
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Dozens dead in Indonesian tsunami

A tsunami has hit beaches around Sunda Strait,between Java and Sumatra,in Indonesia.

  • byJames Massola,Lucy Cormack andAmilia Rosa&Cassandra Morgan
Papua New Guinea and Bali rattled by earthquakes

Papua New Guinea and Bali rattled by earthquakes

A magnitude 7 earthquake has hit Papua New Guinea,while a magnitude 6 earthquake struck off Bali and Java,killing three.