A VIDEO filmed by the crew of Susi Air captured the eruption of Anak Krakatau in Banden, Indonesia. It was shot a day before a tsunami hit the coasts of Banten and Lampung provinces on Dec 22.
Anak Krakatau is located in the middle of the Sunda Strait connecting Sumatra and Java, and emerged in 1927 from the remnants of the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatau.
Clouds of ash spewed from Anak Krakatau almost obscured the volcanic island where a crater collapse at high tide on Saturday sent waves up to 5m high smashing into the coast on the Sunda Strait, between Java and Sumatra islands.
The tsunami was apparently generated when part of the volcano’s flank collapsed underwater.
