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The death toll from Indonesia\u2019s Christmas-time tsunami continues to rise, as officials warn that additional volcanic landslides could trigger more deadly waves.<\/p>\nThe death toll from Indonesia\u2019s Christmas-time tsunami continues to rise, as officials warn that additional volcanic landslides could trigger more deadly waves.<\/p>\n
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On the other side of the world, Sicily\u2019s Mt. Etna puts on a Christmas show.<\/em><\/p>\n At least 429 people died, more than 1,400 were injured and another 158 are missing as of Tuesday morning, more than two days after the wave came crashing ashore on the northwest coast of Java, one of the large islands comprising the country, officials said.<\/p>\n The threat did not disappear with the waves themselves, as officials were warning residents and tourists to stay as far away from coastal areas as possible on Monday because continued volcanic eruptions from Mount Anak Krakatau could potentially trigger a second devastating tsunami.<\/p>\n More than 600 housing units and at least nine hotels were destroyed or badly damaged in the tsunami, according to Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, head of public relations for the Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency. He said more than 16,000 people have been displaced.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n “In our initial report on the disaster, I noted that members of a popular \u201cboy band\u201d were filmed being hit by the wave. Only the lead singer appears to have survived, and the wave claimed his 26-year old wife\u2019s life as well.”<\/p>\n The lead singer of the local group \u201cSeventeen,\u201d Riefian Fajarsyah, included a video of himself stroking his bride\u2019s white coffin in a heartbreaking Instagram post from the back of a hearse.<\/p>\n \u201cHow can I live without you, Dylan Sahara?\u201d Fajarsyah, 35, wrote of his wife, to his 1.9 million followers.<\/p>\n Eerie video footage had shown fans clapping and cheering at the band\u2019s beachside performance in Java on Saturday night \u2014 seconds before a huge wave smashed onto the stage.<\/p>\n The frontman\u2019s wife, an Indonesian actress and TV-personality, was one of the dozens of people swept away by the wave.<\/p>\n Her body was identified at a hospital late Monday, according to local reports.<\/p>\n The group\u2019s drummer, Wisnu Andi Darmawan was also found dead Monday \u2014 as the group\u2019s bassist Muhammad Awal Purbani, guitarist Herman Sikumbang, manager Oki Wijaya and crew member Rukmana Rustam were laid to rest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake occurred on 26 December, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra. Named the Boxing Day tsunamis, communities along the surrounding coasts of the Indian Ocean were seriously affected, and the tsunamis killed an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries. <\/p>\n One would think an early warning system of wave buoys and other observation systems would have been installed after this disaster to predict potential tsunami activity. Or perhaps they were and the indications were just missed. A tragic occurrence either way.<\/p>\n The rest of the article, including Etna’s eruption, can be viewed here: Legal Insurrection<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"