By Nani Afrida </p> <p>JAKARTA, Indonesia (AA) – The death toll from Saturday’s tsunami on Indonesia’s Sunda Strait has climbed to 429, according to the national disaster agency on Tuesday.</p> <p>Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, the spokesman of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNDP), said in a press conference that the number of injured topped 1,485 in the tsunami — likely to have been triggered by a volcanic eruption.</p> <p>At least 154 people are still missing, and 16,082 others are displaced, Nugroho added.</p> <p>The government agency also released a list of properties damaged by waves, namely 882 housing units, 73 lodgings, 60 stalls and 434 boats and ships.</p> <p>"This is the temporary data," Nugroho told to reporters.</p> <p>Pandeglang, Serang, South Lampung, Tanggamus and Pesawaran areas in Banten and Lampung provinces are the five districts hit by the tsunami.</p> <p>As tourist destinations of Indonesia, the areas were filled with tourists at the time of the accident.</p> <p>Meanwhile, authorities warned coastal residents near Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano that another tsunami could strike the region.</p> <p>The warning to the Tanjung Lesung resort followed volcanic eruptions, generating waves.</p> <p>Authorities asked residents to stay away from beaches and rescue workers to halt their work at the site.</p> <p>Indonesia lies within the Pacific Ocean’s "Ring of Fire," where tectonic plates collide and cause frequent seismic and volcanic activity.</p> <p>Last September, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the country's Sulawesi Island, which triggered a tsunami in the cities of Donggala and Palu that towered up to 10 feet (3 meters) high, killing over 2,000 people.</p> <p>On Dec. 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck the eastern coast of Sumatra, triggering a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people as it tore along the coasts of Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand.</p> <p>In 2018, 1,999 natural disasters hit Indonesia by Oct. 25, according to the BNDP.
* Jeyhun Aliyev contributed this story from Ankara
