2018 was a disaster year for Indonesia

The tsunami that reached the beaches around the Strait of Sunda on Saturday night is the last of a series of disasters that hit Indonesia last year.

More than a hundred people were killed when the tourist island of Lombok was hit by an earthquake in August. A quake with a force of 7.5 struck Sulawesi in September, followed by a tsunami and another 170 aftershocks. The death toll was finally set at 2000, but it is feared that it actually involves 5000 victims.