JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) --- Scientists say Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano island, which erupted and collapsed a week ago triggering a deadly tsunami, is now only about a quarter of its pre-eruption size. Anak Krakatau now has a volume of 40-70 million cubic meters and lost 150-180 million cubic meters (5.2 billion-6.3 billion cubic feet) of volume since the Dec. 22 eruption and tsunami, according to Indonesia's Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation. The analysis shows the scale of the island's collapse, shedding light on the power of the tsunami that crashed into more than 300 kilometers of coastline in Sumatra and Java. More than 420 people died in the w...
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