Photographer Almost Killed By Tsunami While Photographing A Volcano

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In a strange but fearful coincidence, a photographer had very nearly lost his life after he went to photograph a volcano.


Lund Andersen, an employee of the Norwegian embassy in Jakarta, in one of his hobbies had gone to photograph a well-known active volcano in in Anyer on the Javanese coast when the disaster struck.
According to him, as he was taking pictures, he saw a very huge and fearful wave coming towards him. He had to pack up his equipment and run as fast as he could up the beach.
''I was myself at the beach photographing the well known volcano -- Anak-Krakatau, when I suddenly saw a big wave came. I had to run, as the wave passed the beach and landed 15-20m inland. Next wave entered the hotel area where I was staying and downed cars on the road behind it. Managed to evacuate with my family to higher ground trough forest paths and villages, where we are taken care of by the locals."
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Indonesia's geologic agency said that the volcano struck for two minutes and 12 seconds on Friday. Mr. Andersen further reported that he got to discover that it was the volcano he was photographing that caused the Tsunami.
He posted on his Facebook page saying, ''Authorities here are saying that this might in fact have been a tsunami caused by the activity of the volcanic eruption I was photographing.

It was revealed that dozens of buildings were damaged and streets flooded between the islands of Java and Sumatra when the tsunami struck around 9:30 p.m. Saturday. It was also said that at least 43 people lost their lives in the horrific phenomenon, while 582 others sustained various degrees of injuries.  







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