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Tsunami devastates Sunda Strait in Indonesia

The tsunami has killed hundreds of residents and injured more than 840 people.

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A tsunami survivor recovers at a hospital in Pandeglang on Dec. 24, 2018.

The search for survivors continued with dozens still missing following a tsunami that hit the country's Sunda Strait on a busy holiday weekend.

—Achmad Ibrahim / AP
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Villagers search through debris in Carita, Banten province.

The tsunami,which struck without warning after an underwater landslide following the eruption of a volcano, has killed and injured hundreds. 

—Ulet Ifansasti / Getty Images
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A woman walks by destroyed houses in Carita, Banten province.

—Ulet Ifansasti / Getty Images
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Villagers walk through debris in Carita, Banten province.

—Ulet Ifansasti / Getty Images
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Residents look for their belongings at a destroyed house in Carita, Banten province.

—Ulet Ifansasti / Getty Images
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A resident passes by stranded boats among debris in Banten.

—Muhammad Adimaja / Antara Foto via Reuters
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Rescue workers prepare to search an underground space during a search for victims of the tsunami at a resort hotel on December 24, 2018 in Tanjung Lesung.

—Ed Wray / Getty Images
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Rescuers look for survivors along the coast in South Lampung on South Sumatra on Dec. 23, 2018.

 

—Ferdi Awed / AFP - Getty Images
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Rescuers in Carita remove a body bag with a tsunami victim.

—AP
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Bodies of tsunami victims are collected at a local health facility in Pandeglang, Banten.

—Asep Fathulrahman / Reuters
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A woman identified a relative among the bodies of tsunami victims in Carita.

—Fauzy Chaniago / AP
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A man stands among ruins in Pandeglang, Banten province, Indonesia.

—Adi Kurniawan / Reuters
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Rescuers and residents look for survivors along the coast in South Lampung on South Sumatra.

—Ferdi Awed / AFP - Getty Images
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An aerial photo shows damaged buildings in Carita.

—Azwar Ipank / AFP - Getty Images
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An aerial photo shows damaged buildings in Carita.

—Azwar Ipank / AFP - Getty Images
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Debris including a car was scattered aroundPandeglang, Banten province.

 

—Reuters
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Debris litters a property badly damaged by a tsunami in Carita.

—Fauzy Chaniago / AP
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Officials look through the wreckage of damaged buildings in Carita.

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Rescuers look for survivors along the coast in South Lampung.

—Ferdi Awed / AFP - Getty Images
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A man holds the body of a child killed in a tsunami in Carita.

—Fauzy Chaniago / AP
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Relatives mourn at a health facility where the bodies of tsunami victims are collected, in Pandeglang, Banten.

—Adi Weda / EPA
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A soldier examines a local resident who was injured following a tsunami which hit at Tanjung Lesung district in Pandeglang.

—Muhammad Bagus Khoirunas / Antara Foto via Reuters
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A resident injured by a tsunami is treated at a health center in Pandeglang.

—Basarnas / Antara Foto via Reuters
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Rescuers remove a body of a victim along the coast in South Lampung.

—Ferdi Awed / AFP - Getty Images
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A man identified his relative among the bodies of tsunami victims in Carita.

—Fauzy Chaniago / AP
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A ruined tractor sits in the water in Anyer.

—Adi Weda / EPA
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A man looks at damaged vehicles Anyer, Banten.

—Diam Triyuli Handoko / EPA
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A man inspects his damaged house in Carita.

—Dian Triyuli Handoko / AP
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