More than 1,400 people were injured, and thousands of residents had to move to higher ground, with a high-tide warning extended to Wednesday. The vast archipelago, which sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", has suffered its worst annual death toll from disasters in more than a decade. Temporary sheltersAuthorities have warned of further high waves and advised residents to stay away from the shoreline. "Since Anak Krakatau has been actively erupting for the past several months additional tsunamis cannot be excluded," said Dr Prof Hermann Fritz, from the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Anak Krakatau is the island that emerged from the area in 1927, and has been growing ever since.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 25, 2018 13:07 UTC